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Jose M. Oberle
JS Coder by day and Barista by night.
What is the difference between onKeyUp, onKeyDown and onChange keyboard events?
onKeyUp
onKeyDown
onChange
Emil Moe
Senior Data Engineer
keyup: When the key is released
keydown: When the key is down
change: When the content is changed and not just replaced by the same
I didn't got the last one.
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/event_onchange.asp
Claudio Mezzasalma
Senior Software Engineer @ Eurotech
Beware that change is not technically a keyboard event, but rather a DOM event.
Emil Moe
Senior Data Engineer
keyup: When the key is released
keydown: When the key is down
change: When the content is changed and not just replaced by the same