blur event is not working for knockout js

Question

Scenario is that when we enter something in a textbox and put mouse anywhere on the page there should be an alert. Tried with following fiddler code.

Can anybody please correct the following code?

Note- I am not using hasfocus so please do not tell me to use it rather please suggest how I can use blur method.

http://jsfiddle.net/bipin_pandey/2vc8X/1/

<input id="textbox" type="text" data-bind="event: { blur: blurFunction() }" />


var model = (function () {
    var self = {};
    self.blurFunction=ko.observable();
    self.blurFunction = blurmethod();
    function blurmethod() {
            alert('we are here - onblur');
    }    
    
    
    return self;
})();



ko.applyBindings(model);

Answer 1

Simply remove the braces () from blurmethod when your assigning it to your View-Model blurFunction . WHy? becuase in your code your are executing the function not passing it as a parameter. And no need either for braces () in your View.

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