Question

I have this code :

<script>
     $('#searchInput').keyup(function() {
               alert('Handler for .keyup() called.');
     });
</script>

and this input :

<input id='searchInput' type='text' placeholder='Search other alumni users' />

but when I press a key, the alert doesn’t come up…
I’ve included the jQuery script already.

Answer 1

Change your code to

$(function(){ // this will be called when the DOM is ready
  $('#searchInput').keyup(function() {
    alert('Handler for .keyup() called.');
  });
});

to ensure the DOM element exists when you build the jQuery set.