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I've got this code:

<input type="text" ng-model="keywords" ng-keyup="search()">

It doesn't call the search function where as, if I do ng-click="search()" it does work. Why is this?

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  • Can't say without more information. What version of AngularJS are you using? Commented Sep 17, 2014 at 21:36
  • Just thinking, surely this should work if ng-click works? Commented Sep 17, 2014 at 21:38
  • Absolutely. The problem isn't here, I think. Can you make a fiddle reproducing the problem? Commented Sep 17, 2014 at 21:40
  • Check out my site: elliottcoe.com/search/index.html Commented Sep 17, 2014 at 21:42

2 Answers 2

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ng-keyup works perfectly fine for me. See this fiddle for an example: http://jsfiddle.net/r74a5m25/

Code:

<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
    Hello:
    <input ng-model="testModel" ng-keyup="search()"/>
</div>


function MyCtrl($scope, $log) {

    $scope.search = function() {
        alert('test');  
    };
}

Make sure you have an up to date version of angular in order to use ng-keyup. It looks like it has been available since version 1.0.8.

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Here's my site: elliottcoe.com/search/index.html I've taken the ng-click out of the submit button and put ng-keyup in the text input.
You are using a very old version of angular. Update it and your code should work.
I updated to a new version but now ng-bind-html-unsafe doesn't work, how do I get it to work with out having to make ridiculous changes to my controller?
It looks like this question has been answered then. You now should ask a completely new one.
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Try to $watch your variable

JS

$scope.$watch('search.input',function(){
   $scope.doSearch('watched!'); //call your function here
});

HTML

<input type="text" placeholder="ابحث" ng-model="search.input">

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The value will change when key-up, down or press. This is better for searching for my opinion.
I believe so, but note you may have problems using $watch when dealing with a ng-model appended to a input with attributes, max, min, step, maxlength. Once you do not follow these attributes (e.g. Input: 20 when the is max="10") the ng-model ends up undefined, and the $watch will stop being triggered, but that's just my experience.
Thanks for your notice. I never tried $watch with strict on inputs.

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