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Hello, I am trying to detect whether a user entered text in a textarea
or hit the delete/backspace button (thus, erasing something). Once
that is detected, I would like to set "var bSaveRequired = true;". It
would be great if this function worked cross-browser -- IE 6.0 and
Firefox.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated, - Dave

Jul 23 '05 #1
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laredotorn...@z ipmail.com wrote:
Hello, I am trying to detect whether a user entered text in a textarea or hit the delete/backspace button (thus, erasing something). Once
that is detected, I would like to set "var bSaveRequired = true;". It would be great if this function worked cross-browser -- IE 6.0 and
Firefox.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated, - Dave


[untested]

<textarea
onkeyup="bSaveR equired=(this.v alue!=this.defa ultValue)">
</textarea>

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6408-...ea.htm#1193303

Jul 23 '05 #2

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