How can I check if a value is changed on blur event?

Question

Basically I need to check if the value is changed in a textbox on the \'blur\' event so that if the value is not changed, I want to cancel the blur event.

If it possible

Answer 1

I know this is old, but I figured I'd put this in case anyone wants an alternative. This seems ugly (at least to me) but having to deal with the way the browser handles the -1 index is what was the challenge. Yes, I know it can be done better with the jquery.data, but I'm not that familiar with that just yet.

Here is the HTML code:

  A
  B
  C

Here is the javascript code:

var currentIndex; // set up a global variable for current value

$('#selected').on(
  { "focus": function() { // when the select is clicked on
      currentIndex = $('#selected').val(); // grab the current selected option and store it
      $('#selected').val(-1); // set the select to nothing 
    }
  , "change": function() { // when the select is changed
      choice = $('#selected').val(); // grab what (if anything) was selected
      this.blur(); // take focus away from the select
      //alert(currentIndex);
      //setTimeout(function() { alert(choice); }, 0);
    }
  , "blur": function() { // when the focus is taken from the select (handles when something is changed or not)
      //alert(currentIndex);
      //alert($('#selected').val());
      if ($('#selected').val() == null) { // if nothing has changed (because it is still set to the -1 value, or null)
        $('#selected').val(currentIndex); // set the value back to what it originally was (otherwise it will stay at what was newly selected)
      } else { // if anything has changed, even if it's the same one as before
        if ($('#selected').val() == 2) { // in case you want to do something when a certain option is selected (in my case, option B, or value 2) 
            alert('I would do something');
        }
      }
    }
  });