JQuery input event doesn't work if input is empty

Question

I have a jQuery event handler that responds to every change in

<input id="myId" type="text" /> 

element:

 $("#myId").bind('input', function (e) { // Do Stuff }); 

This works just fine unless the #myId input is empty (for example, there was only 1 character in the input field, and I delete it using Backspace). If the input is empty, the event does not fire. If I then enter a character, the event fires.

Is this a known issue? Am I doing something wrong? Any way to get an event when the input is empty?

Update

The event does not fire ALL EVERYTHING when Backspace is introduced, at least in IE9.

Answer 1

as far as I know, enter is not the event you want to use. Since the “input” is similar to the “change”, it tends to produce poor results when your string approaches 0 characters, use keyup

 $("input#myId").bind('keyup', function (e) { // Do Stuff });