Client side event *after* text is pasted in to ASP.NET textbox

[Rob]

Is there a client side event that first after a paste has been carried out
using the context menu? I'm implementing a word count on a text box and use
onkeyup to trap key presses. That works a treat and works for Ctrl-V paste
but I need to trap when the user pastes in text using right-click, paste.

onmouseup/down appears to fire before the text is pasted thus not updating
the word count correctly.

Cheers, Rob.

 

[Misbah Arefin]

this link lists all the events for a input type=text control
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535841(VS.85).aspx#

try onbeforepaste
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536905(VS.85).aspx

hope the link helps

 

[Rob]

try onbeforepaste

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536905(VS.85).aspx

Actually onpaste might be more useful as I'm assuming this fires after the
paste has happened, otherwise there would not be an "OnBeforePaste" event.

Cheers, Rob.

 

[Rob]

Actually onpaste might be more useful as I'm assuming this fires after the

paste has happened, otherwise there would not be an "OnBeforePaste" event.

Darn! It doesn't - adding a call to UpdateWordCount() doesn't work as it
appears that the text still hasn't been pasted when the onpaste event
occurs.

Cheers, Rob.

 

[Rob]

Darn! It doesn't - adding a call to UpdateWordCount() doesn't work as it

appears that the text still hasn't been pasted when the onpaste event
occurs.

I've got a workaround that'll do for now. Instead of calling
UpdateWordCount() directly, I do:

setTimeout('UpdateWordCount()', 1000)

which causes the word count to update a second after the user has pasted it
in, which is enough for the paste to complete.

Cheers, Rob.

 

[Misbah Arefin]

oh yeah right; onpaste (not onbeforepaste) guess I should have had read your
question more carefully
btw you could also try onchange which will fire after any change is made to
the textbox even a paste via the context menu