[javascript] html text input onchange event

is there a way to implement a text change event to detect text change on an HTML input text field?
It's possible to simulate these using key events (key press etc), however, it's really not performant and difficult, is there a better way?

I used this line to listen for input events from javascript.
It is useful because it listens for text change and text pasted events.

myElement.addEventListener('input', e => { myEvent() });

Well unless I misunderstand you can just use the onChange attribute:

<input type="text" onChange="return bar()">

Note: in FF 3 (at least) this is not called until some the user has confirmed they are changed either by clicking away from the element, clicking enter, or other.

onChange doesn't fire until you lose focus later. If you want to be really strict with instantaneous changes of all sorts, use:

<input
   type       = "text" 
   onchange   = "myHandler();"
   onkeypress = "this.onchange();"
   onpaste    = "this.onchange();"
   oninput    = "this.onchange();"
/>

Use the oninput event

<input type="text" oninput="myFunction();" />