Change event doesn't trigger when Knockout updates value

Question

I have an external javascript library which triggers on the change of a textarea, formats it, etc.

However, when KnockoutJS sets the value to the textarea, the change ev

Answer 1

Rather than trying to force Knockout to work with change events you can setup a subscription on the underlying observable. Like this: http://jsfiddle.net/EZC9E/1/

this.text.subscribe(function(newValue) {
    alert('Text is changing to ' + newValue);
});