javascript/jquery trigger a text change event on a textarea

Question

Is there anyway to trigger the textChanged event in a text area using javascript or jquery ?

I want the textchange event to occur once the page is loaded.

To help better address your issue, what do you plan to do with the text area data if a textChanged event occurs? — onteria_
– onteria_, Commented May 11, 2011 at 14:31
sorry guys, yes i wanted to trigger a textchanged event manually — Aneef
– Aneef, Commented May 13, 2011 at 6:30

Gary Green · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-11 14:31:54Z

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$(document).ready(function() {
   $('textarea').trigger('change');
});

But this will only trigger if the change event was added through jQuery. If not you could try:

$('textarea').get(0).change();

answered May 11, 2011 at 14:31

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Nathan G Over a year ago

And if it's not a textarea but contenteditable div? Then the "$('textarea').get(0).change();" brings Uncaught TypeError: textarea.get(...).change is not a function

Grooveek · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-29 12:40:13Z

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Have you tried:

$(function(){
    $("textarea").change()
})

edited Sep 29, 2011 at 12:40

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answered May 11, 2011 at 14:33

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aldrien.h · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-03 03:22:15Z

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In my case, I have to use the event input since my textarea used as emoji field.

For ex.

$('textarea').trigger('input');

answered Aug 3, 2020 at 3:22

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