CODEWITHSUNDEEP
jqueryjquery-events
Or Weinberger
Or Weinberger

Reputation: 7472

jQuery get input value after keypress

I have the following function:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#dSuggest").keypress(function() {
        var dInput = $('input:text[name=dSuggest]').val();
        console.log(dInput);
        $(".dDimension:contains('" + dInput + "')").css("display","block");
    });
});

For some reason, for the first keypress, I'm getting an empty string to the console log.

Upvotes: 156

Views: 348312

Answers (10)

Alok Sahay
Alok Sahay

Reputation: 1

 $(document).on('keypress',((e)=>{
 console.log(e.which)
 }))

I read the JQuery Documentation (7th June 2023) and it used (e.which) and it returned the ASCII value of the key pressed. Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 0

keivan kashani
keivan kashani

Reputation: 1349

please use this code for input text

$('#search').on("input",function (e) {});

if you use .on("change",function (e) {}); then you need to blur input

if you use .on("keyup",function (e) {}); then you get value before the last character you typed

Upvotes: 0

Smonge
Smonge

Reputation: 21

Just use a timeout to make your call; the timeout will be called when the event stack is finished (i.e. after the default event is called)

$("body").on('keydown', 'input[type=tel]', function (e) {
    setTimeout(() => {
        formatPhone(e)
    }, 0)
});

Upvotes: 1

apexpals.com
apexpals.com

Reputation: 304

I think what you need is the below prototype 

$(element).on('input',function(){code})

Upvotes: 1

MarvinVK
MarvinVK

Reputation: 3083

I was looking for a ES6 example (so it could pass my linter) So for other people who are looking for the same:

$('#dSuggest').keyup((e) => {
    console.log(e.currentTarget.value);
});

I would also use keyup because you get the current value that is filled in.

Upvotes: 7

yogihosting
yogihosting

Reputation: 6292

This is because Keypress event is fired before the new character is added. Use 'keyup' event instead,which will work perfectly in your situation.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#dSuggest").keyup(function() {
        var dInput = $('input:text[name=dSuggest]').val();
        console.log(dInput);
        $(".dDimension:contains('" + dInput + "')").css("display","block");
    });
});

I want to add to this, if you have many textboxes and you have to do the same thing on their keyup event you can simply give them a common css class(eg commoncss) and apply keyup event like this.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $(".commoncss").keyup(function() {
        //your code
    });
});

this will greatly reduce you code as you don't have to apply keyup event by id for each textboxes.

Upvotes: 4

Frederik
Frederik

Reputation: 2947

Realizing that this is a rather old post, I'll provide an answer anyway as I was struggling with the same problem.

You should use the "input" event instead, and register with the .on method. This is fast - without the lag of keyup and solves the missing latest keypress problem you describe.

$('#dSuggest').on("input", function() {
    var dInput = this.value;
    console.log(dInput);
    $(".dDimension:contains('" + dInput + "')").css("display","block");
});

Demo here

Upvotes: 231

parliament
parliament

Reputation: 22914

You have to interrupt the execution thread to allow the input to update.

  $(document).ready(function(event) {
       $("#dSuggest").keypress(function() {
           //Interrupt the execution thread to allow input to update
               setTimeout(function() {
                   var dInput = $('input:text[name=dSuggest]').val();
                   console.log(dInput);
                   $(".dDimension:contains('" + dInput + "')").css("display","block");
               }, 0);
       });
  });

Upvotes: 5

Selvakumar Arumugam
Selvakumar Arumugam

Reputation: 79830

Use .keyup instead of keypress.

Also use $(this).val() or just this.value to access the current input value.

DEMO here

Info about .keypress from jQuery docs,

The keypress event is sent to an element when the browser registers keyboard input. This is similar to the keydown event, except in the case of key repeats. If the user presses and holds a key, a keydown event is triggered once, but separate keypress events are triggered for each inserted character. In addition, modifier keys (such as Shift) trigger keydown events but not keypress events.

Upvotes: 37

lonesomeday
lonesomeday

Reputation: 237845

This is because keypress events are fired before the new character is added to the value of the element (so the first keypress event is fired before the first character is added, while the value is still empty). You should use keyup instead, which is fired after the character has been added.

Note that, if your element #dSuggest is the same as input:text[name=dSuggest] you can simplify this code considerably (and if it isn't, having an element with a name that is the same as the id of another element is not a good idea).

$('#dSuggest').keypress(function() {
    var dInput = this.value;
    console.log(dInput);
    $(".dDimension:contains('" + dInput + "')").css("display","block");
});

Upvotes: 178

Related Questions