JQuery Check if input is empty and show status of it

Question

I have an input which I need to check whether it is empty or not:

<input id="myinput" name="myinput" type="text" value="hello" />

The input above could change any time, so I need to check it on onchange?

If my input is not empty then I need to add the class ok or else add class noTxt.

The class could be added to the element below.

<div id="status" style="display:none;">&nbsp;</div>

elijah · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-12 22:51:55Z

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var input = $('#myinput');
var status = $('#status');

input.change( function() {
  var empty = ( input.val() == '' );
  status
    .toggleClass('ok', !empty)
    .toggleClass('noTxt', empty);
});

answered Jan 12, 2012 at 22:51

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PeeHaa · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-15 04:15:31Z

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This might work:

$('#myinput').on('keyup keydown keypress change paste', function() {
  if ($(this).val() == '') {
    $('#status').removeClass('okay').addClass('not-okay');
  } else {
    $('#status').addClass('okay').removeClass('not-okay');
  }
});

edited Jan 15, 2012 at 4:15

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answered Jan 12, 2012 at 22:48

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elijah Over a year ago

this will switch the class on #myinput, not #status

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