In Angular 2, Model Driven Form is using a Form Builder. I have: ngOnInit() { this.user = this.fb.group({ id: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.minLength(2)]], name: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.minLength(5)]] }); this.user.get('id').valueChanges.subscribe(value => { alert("Change detected); }); } and in HTML I have : <input type="text" formControlName="id" > But what happening is for every letter I change in text box the alert("Change detected"); is getting fired, instead after tabout only I need to call alert("Change detected"). I know in AngularJS to achieve this by using ng-model-options, but how to achieve the same in Angular 2? Continue reading...