HTML oninput Event Attribute

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML oninput event attribute is triggered when the user enters input in an input/textarea HTML element in an HTML document.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

<tagname oninput=”script”></tagname>

Example

Let us see an example of HTML on input event Attribute −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   body {
      color: #000;
      height: 100vh;
      background: linear-gradient(62deg, #FBAB7E 0%, #F7CE68 100%) no-repeat;
      text-align: center;
      padding: 20px;
   }
   textarea {
      border: 2px solid #fff;
      background: transparent;
      font-size: 1rem;
   }
   ::placeholder {
      color: #000;
      font-size: 1rem;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML oninput Event Attribute Demo</h1>
<textarea placeholder="Enter your message here" oninput="inputFn()" rows='8' cols="50"></textarea>
<script>
   function inputFn() {
      document.querySelector('textarea').style.background = '#ffffff36';
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Now enter your message in the text area to observe how oninput event attribute works.

AmitDiwan

Updated on: 24-Sep-2019

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