Question

I use change(handler) to listen to change events to a textarea, but I only receive an event when the textarea loses focus, but I want to receive an event as soon as the value changes.

$("#text_object").change(listener);
function listener(dom){
alert("I'm not getting here before the textarea loses focus");
}

Answer 1

Unfortunately the browser only recognises a change when the field blurs, so you might want to try attaching a keyup listener. Not the most elegant solution, unfortunately.

Details at http://api.jquery.com/keyup/.