jQuery Observer

Observer is a jQuery plugin designed to provide callbacks on changes in forms.

Installation

To install copy thejavascripts directory into your project and add the following snippet to the header:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="javascript/jquery.observer.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

This plugin is also registered under http://bower.io/ to simplify integration. Try:

    npm install -g bower
    bower install observer

Lastly this plugin is registered as a https://rails-assets.org/ to simplify integration with Ruby on Rails applications:

Gemfile

+ source 'https://rails-assets.org'
...
+ gem 'rails-assets-observer'

application.js

//= require jquery
...
//= require observer

Examples

Setting up an observer is easy. The following snippet is a good start:

<form id="search">
  <input type="text" name="search" />
</form>

<script type="text/javascript">
  $('#search').observe(function () { alert("observer"); });
</script>

Status

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2010 - 2011 Kevin Sylvestre. See LICENSE for details.