# TextArea (onChanged = possible?)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-onchanged-possible/216051>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 13, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-onchanged-possible/216051 "2007-02-13T10:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![shiftedfocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@shiftedfocus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shiftedfocus)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-onchanged-possible/216051/1 "2007-02-13T10:22:41Z")

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Does anyone know if it is possible to detect when a TextArea component has changed. I found this in the help docs. But I really want to detect onChanged. Any help will be greatful.

```auto

/** Requires: - TextArea instance on Stage (instance name: my_ta) */  
var my_ta:mx.controls.TextArea;  
var taListener:Object = new Object(); 
  taListener.focusOut = function(evt_obj:Object) {  
  if (my_ta.length < 1) {   
    trace("Please enter a comment");  
  } 
}; my_ta.addEventListener("focusOut", taListener);

```