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You can bind the ‘input event to the textbox. This would fire every time the input changes, so when you paste something (even with right click), delete and type anything. (‘myTextbox").on(‘input’, function() do something ); If you use the change handler, this will only fire after the user deselects the input box, which may not be what you want. There is an example of both here: http:isfiddle.net6bSX6 share improve this answer answered Oct 9 ’12 at 10:21 Timm 7.276 2 20 0 37 2 1, although it doesn’t seem to fire on paste. – Jorgen Oct 9 ’12 at 10:24 2 Jorgen it should fire on paste (does for me), what browser are you using? – Timm Oct 9 ’12 at 10:25 3 Nevermind. I used the wrong input 🙂 – Jergen Oct 9 ’12 at 10:29 This does not work in the Nintendo 3DS browser. The change is not detected even though the input field contains the new string. – Gatada Jul 3 ’13 at 11:30 136 Gatada I’m glad my employer does not make me verify web code for the Nintendo 3DS browser. – nocarrier Oct 26 ’14 at 2:20