# DOM event

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dom-event/166318>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [October 18, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dom-event/166318 "2005-10-18T21:47:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![eirche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e95f7d/32.png) [@eirche](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eirche)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dom-event/166318/1 "2005-10-18T21:47:46Z")

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this code works as expected.

```auto
<form>
<input type="text" name="user" onchange="alert('message');">
</form>

```

i like to make something like this. but it doesn’t work.

```auto
<form>
<input type="text" name="user">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" >
document.forms[0].user.onchange="alert('message');";
</script>

```

[http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/events/onchange.asp](http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/events/onchange.asp)  
[http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom\_obj\_text.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_obj_text.asp)

can anyone help?