Hello,

I've already developed a system for doing this which isn't perfect i'm wondering if there is a better solution. Here is the code I got atm.

2.              $(".chatmsg").live("blur", function(event) { stopTyping(); });
3.               $(".chatmsg").live("focus", function() {
4.                 if($(".chatmsg").val().length > 0) {
5.                   typing();
6.                 }
7.               });
8.               $(".chatmsg").live("keypress keydown", function(event) {
9.                 var key = event.keyCode;
10.                 
11.                 if (key == "13") {
12.                   event.preventDefault();
13.                   sendMsg();
14.                 }
15.                 
16.                 var msg = $(".chatmsg").val();
17. 
    
18.                 if(key == "8" && msg.length == 1) {
19.                     stopTyping();
20.                 } else if ($.trim(msg) != "") {
21.                     typing();
22.                 } else {
23.                     stopTyping();
24.                 }
25.               });

the textbox chatmsg class is created dynamically so I have to use live for this.

Anyway to optimize this?

I don't like the use of key == 8 and length == 1 to detect that chatmsg box is empty, but the event triggers before the val() of the chatmsg actually changes. So is there nothing better I can do?

Thanks, 

Igor