javascript input onchange not working

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why this doesn´t work:

inputButton.addEventListener('onchange', jsFunction, false);

I change the inputbox and it doesn´t call jsFunction.

Soufiane Hassou · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-22 21:38:16Z

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Try change instead of onchange

inputButton.addEventListener('change', jsFunction, false);

answered May 22, 2010 at 21:38

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T.J. Crowder Over a year ago

Expanding: We're used to the DOM0 names onchange, onload, etc. Those were the names of the attributes we used back in the day. The standard DOM2 stuff does away with the "on" part -- so, change, load, etc. IE's non-standard DOM2 equivalent, attachEvent, retains the "on". So the rule is, with addEventListener, there's no "on"; with just about everything else, there is.

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