Asp.Net jQuery Textbox keydown event Handler

The keydown event of the TextBox can be handled by tracking the keydown event in jQuery as follows.

Syntax
$("#yourtextbox").keydown(function() {
… 
});

Example

//

// Textbox Event Handler - keydown Event

$('#txtEventHandler').keydown(function(event) {

   alert('Keydown event fired for the key: ' + event.which);

   alert('Textbox Value: ' + $(this).val());

});

<asp:TextBox id="txtEventHandler" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></asp>

Notice that the keydown event delays fetching the value of textbox by the latest 1 character, the keyup event gives the exact value from the textbox.