how to fire addEventListener when javascript change value

Question

i have a div with some elements.

<div>
<input value="" id="MyElement" type="text">
</div>

i added to my div the addEventListener like

    document.getElementById("MyDiv").addEventListener('change', function (event)
    {
        alert(event)
        var elem = event.target;
    });

it's working fine if i change values by keyboard. but, when i change a value from JS, nothing happen.

for example

function test_1()
{
    tmp = document.getElementById("MyElement")
    tmp.value = "new value"
}

what i have to do to fire my OnChange?

ok, i solved with

document.getElementById("MyDiv").dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));

as suggest by "Sebastian Simon" thank you!

@elle0087 What specifically did you try? [Edit] your post. `document.getElementById("MyDiv").dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));` will surely work just fine. — Sebastian Simon, Oct 29 '21 at 13:00
@elle0087, probably you missed `new Event('change')`. Check the working sample in the answer posted. Check and let me know if require further assistance — Abin Thaha, Oct 29 '21 at 13:04

Abin Thaha · Answer 1 · 2021-10-29T13:03:09.100

You can use dispatchEvent or fireEvent as required.

Check Link for further details.

Update

Check the below snippet for working sample

document.getElementById("MyDiv").addEventListener('change', function (event) {
    alert(event)
    var elem = event.target;
});

document.getElementById("myInput").addEventListener('change', function (event) {
    alert(event)
    var elem = event.target;
});


function fnc() {
  document.getElementById("myInput").value = "New";
  var event = new Event('change');
    document.getElementById("myInput").dispatchEvent(event);
  document.getElementById("MyDiv").value = "Somethinig";
}

<div id="MyDiv">
  hi
</div>

<input type="text" id="myInput" placeholder="Text" />

<button onclick="fnc()">Click to fire event</button>

elle0087 · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-29T13:50:32.033

ok, i solved with

function test_1()
{
    document.getElementById("MyDiv").dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));
}

as suggest by "Sebastian Simon" thank you!

so, to be complete, the problem was about apply Select2 on the dropdown. Select2 doesn't fire native Onchange, but fires its. that mean "addEventListener" will not fired when your dropdown change value. to do that, i created on its event a textbox, appended to him, fired the Onchange texbox and than remove it.

for example:

            $('.js-example-basic-single').select2({dropdownAutoWidth : true});
            $('.js-example-basic-single').on('change', function (e)
            {
                tmp_div = document.createElement("input");
                e.target.appendChild(tmp_div)
                tmp_div.dispatchEvent(new Event("change"))
                e.target.removeChild(tmp_div)
            });
<div>
  <input value="" id="MyElement" type="text">
  <select id="cmb_UM1" class="js-example-basic-single select2-hidden-accessible" data-select2-id="select2-data-ctl00_Content_cmb_UM1">
    <option selected="selected" value="" title="" data-select2-id="select2-data-2-vplr"></option>
    <option value=" 1001171997" title=" 1001171997" data-select2-id="select2-data-12-gcgl"> 1001171997</option>
  </select>
</div>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '21 at 13:14

You can also try calling back the first function(used for alert) when entering values with different buttons .

Or you can create another alert when button is clicked to enter values

document.getElementById("MyElement").addEventListener('change', test_2)

function test_2() {
  alert(event)
  var elem = event.target;
};

document.getElementById("MyDiv").addEventListener('click', test_1)

function test_1() {
  tmp = document.getElementById("MyElement");
  tmp.value = "new value";
  test_2();
}

<div>
  <input value="" id="MyElement" type="text">
  <button id="MyDiv">Try me</button>
</div>

how to fire addEventListener when javascript change value

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