Thank you for the link. And I am glad that I am in a good company of people with memory problems :)
>.change() is evaluated when you leave the control. This might help with what you want to do
http://forum.jquery.com/topic/can-change-handle-immediate-text-changes>
>I forget the # all the time.
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>>You are right that I was missing the # sign in front. Thank you!
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>>But now the code works but not exactly as I wanted. The Alert() is called only when I click somewhere outside the textbox. I thought that the Alert() should click just as I start typing.
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