The CHANGE property is used by any text-related and select-box form elements to indicate a change in the element settings.
<html> <head> <title>Example of Event.CHANGE</title> </head> <body> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function handleChange(evnt){ alert("The text in TextBox1 has been changed"); return true; } document.onchange = handleChange; --> </script> This triggers an alert box to open up informing you that the text in box 1 has been changed. <br><br> <form name="form1"> TextBox1: <input type="text" size="20" name="text1" onChange=''> <br><br> TextBox2: <input type="text" size="20" name="text2"> </form> </body> </html>