How to get an event for every change in a CodenameOne TextField

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I am building an app using CodenameOne and want to use a TextField to filter a long list of items. I tried using a DataChangedListener, as proposed in https://www.codenameone.com/javadoc/com/codename1/ui/TextField.html, but this will only fire an event after the user completes editting (i.e. presses the 'enter' key). How can I get an event for each character changed in the text field?

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DataChangedListener does fire for every key input and not when Enter key is pressed (this is for actionListener).

private String filterString = "";

...


filterTextField.addDataChangedListener((evt1, evt2) -> {
    if (filterTextField.getText().trim().length() > 0 && !filterString.equalsIgnoreCase(filterTextField.getText().trim())) {
        //perform your filter here
        //revalidate your form
    }
    filterString = filterTextField.getText().trim();
});
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