My code won't work. It's supposed to alert whenever a user presses a key while focused inside of a textbox element!
$("#yourcode").keyup(function() { alert("I found Hogwarts."); }); 
- what's the HTML look like, Harambe SquadWilliam B– William B2017-03-26 00:31:26 +00:00Commented Mar 26, 2017 at 0:31
Add a comment |
1 Answer
You need to wait until the DOM is ready before adding the keyup handler. This can be achieved by calling .ready() after using $() to get a DOM reference to the document (i.e. $(document)). Also make sure you load jQuery before you load the script:
JS:
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js" integrity="sha256-hwg4gsxgFZhOsEEamdOYGBf13FyQuiTwlAQgxVSNgt4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("#yourcode").keyup(function() { alert("I found Hogwarts."); }); }); </script> HTML:
<textarea id="yourcode"></textarea> Here is a working example (also available in this jsFiddle):
$(document).ready(function(){ $("#yourcode").keyup(function() { alert("I found Hogwarts."); }); });<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <textarea id="yourcode"></textarea>