Question

Is there a way to do that? Basically, I would like to detect when the user clears the field, as there are other fields that depend on that.
I used a change event, but it didn’t fire when I cleared the input box.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I would suggest using a couple different handlers to make sure you catch the user clearing the field

$(document).on('keyup, keydown, blur, change' , '.myTxtBox', function(){
var text =  $(this).val();
if text = "" {}    
});

some keys are easier to detect on keyup and some on key down , if you want to make sure the user isn’t highlighting then deleting , or pressing , delete, backspace , ect. you need a couple of different handlers