load a function when div content is changed

[shadowayex]

Ok, I have a chatroom type of thing, and I want to have it run a function when a new message is sent. I tried onchange but it didn't do anything. What event would I need?

[Synook]

I would use onsubmit in conjunction with a form. Like what the script I gave you from "Chat box and IM system" has - you can just include other functions in the onsubmit handler.

[jeffman]

Then problem with onchange events in text elements is that the DOM only registers a change when the focus has changed. So simply adding characters is not enough. The user has to add characters and then click on some other element. I suppose this is to give the user the opportunity to change his/her mind. Okay, I guess that makes sense. Anyway, it makes onchange ambiguously useful for the kind of sitch you describe. Better to wait for the submit event itself. Psychologically speaking, I think that really is the only time at which you can say the user is committed to the new text, anyway.