Detect changed input text box

Question

I've looked at numerous other questions and found very simple answers, including the code below. I simply want to detect when someone changes the content of a text box but for some reason it's not working... I get no console errors. When I set a breakpoint in the browser at the change() function it never hits it.

$('#inputDatabaseName').change(function () { 
    alert('test'); 
});

<input id="inputDatabaseName">

Answer 1

WORKING:

$("#ContentPlaceHolder1_txtNombre").keyup(function () {
    var txt = $(this).val();
        $('.column').each(function () {
            $(this).show();
            if ($(this).text().toUpperCase().indexOf(txt.toUpperCase()) == -1) {
                $(this).hide();
            }
        });
    //}
});

Answer 2

I think you can use keydown too:

$('#fieldID').on('keydown', function (e) {
  //console.log(e.which);
  if (e.which === 8) {
    //do something when pressing delete
    return true;
  } else {
    //do something else
    return false;
  }
});