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events

Fired when the value of the widget is changed by the user.

The event handler function context (available through the keyword this) will be set to the widget instance.

Important: The event is not fired when the value of the widget is changed from code.

change

Event Data

e.sender `kendo.ui.TextArea`

The widget instance which fired the event.

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    $("#description").kendoTextArea({
        change: function(e){
            var value = this.value();
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
            console.log(value);
            // Use the value of the widget
        }
    })
</script>

<textarea id="description"></textarea>
<script>
    function textarea_change(e) {
        var value = this.value();
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
        console.log(value);
        // Use the value of the widget
    };

    var textarea = $("#description").kendoTextArea().data('kendoTextArea');

    textarea.bind("change", textarea_change)
</script>

Change

change

Event Data

e.sender kendo.ui.TextArea

e.sender `kendo.ui.TextArea`