Question

I have some jQuery plugin that changes some elements, i need some event or jQuery plugin that trigger an event when some text input value changed.
I’ve downloaded jquery.textchange plugin, it is a good plugin but doesn’t detect changes via external source.

Answer 1

@MSS — Alright, this is a kludge but it works:

When I call boxWatcher() I set the value to 3,000 but you’d need to do it much more often, like maybe 100 or 300.

http://jsfiddle.net/N9zBA/8/

var theOldContent = $('#theID').val().trim();
var theNewContent = "";

function boxWatcher(milSecondsBetweenChecks) {
    var theLoop = setInterval(function() {
    theNewContent = $('#theID').val().trim();
    if (theOldContent == theNewContent) {
        return; //no change
    }
    clearInterval(theLoop);//stop looping
    handleContentChange();
    }, milSecondsBetweenChecks);
};

function handleContentChange() {
    alert('content has changed');
    //restart boxWatcher
    theOldContent = theNewContent;//reset theOldContent
    boxWatcher(3000);//3000 is about 3 seconds
}


function buttonClick() {
  $('#theID').value = 'asd;lfikjasd;fkj';
}

$(document).ready(function() {
    boxWatcher(3000);
})