diff --git a/packages/common/types/control.types.ts b/packages/common/types/control.types.ts
index 2c6adb7..1e62922 100644
--- a/packages/common/types/control.types.ts
+++ b/packages/common/types/control.types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ValidatorRules } from "./validator.types";
+import type { ValidationHooks, ValidatorRules } from "./validator.types";
 
 /**
  * `ControlType` determines the type of form control
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export interface ControlBase {
   label?: string;
   placeholder?: string;
   validators?: ValidatorRules;
+  triggerValidationOn?: ValidationHooks; 
 }
 
 export interface Checkbox extends ControlBase {
diff --git a/packages/common/types/validator.types.ts b/packages/common/types/validator.types.ts
index 0685a09..e199884 100644
--- a/packages/common/types/validator.types.ts
+++ b/packages/common/types/validator.types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 export type HookType = "onSubmit" | "onControlBlur" | "all";
 
+export type ValidationHooks = "" | "blur" | "keypress" | "click"; // More to be added
+
 export type CategoryType = "error" | "warn" | "info";
 
 export type ValidatorRules =
diff --git a/packages/form/components/controls/Dropdown.astro b/packages/form/components/controls/Dropdown.astro
index bd0a350..cf61438 100644
--- a/packages/form/components/controls/Dropdown.astro
+++ b/packages/form/components/controls/Dropdown.astro
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { Dropdown, ControlOption } from '@astro-reactive/common';
 
 export interface Props {
 	control: Dropdown;
-  readOnly?: boolean;
+	readOnly?: boolean;
 }
 
 const { control, readOnly } = Astro.props;
@@ -26,22 +26,20 @@ const options = control.options.map((option: string | ControlOption) => {
 	name={control.name}
 	id={control.id}
 	disabled={readOnly || null}
+	data-validation-on={control.triggerValidationOn ? control.triggerValidationOn : null}
 >
-{
-	control?.placeholder && (
-		<option value="" disabled selected={!control?.value}>
-			{control.placeholder}
-        </option>
-	)
-}
-{	
-	options.map((option: ControlOption) => (
-        <option
-			value={option.value} 
-			selected={option.value === control.value}
-		>
-			{option.label}
-        </option>
-	))
-}
+	{
+		control?.placeholder && (
+			<option value="" disabled selected={!control?.value}>
+				{control.placeholder}
+			</option>
+		)
+	}
+	{
+		options.map((option: ControlOption) => (
+			<option value={option.value} selected={option.value === control.value}>
+				{option.label}
+			</option>
+		))
+	}
 </select>
diff --git a/packages/form/components/controls/Input.astro b/packages/form/components/controls/Input.astro
index 63b76dd..f8aa66b 100644
--- a/packages/form/components/controls/Input.astro
+++ b/packages/form/components/controls/Input.astro
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const validatorAttributes: Record<string, string> = validators.reduce((prev, val
 	data-validator-error={hasError ? hasError.toString() : null}
 	data-validator-warn={hasWarn ? hasWarn.toString() : null}
 	data-validator-info={hasInfo ? hasInfo.toString() : null}
+	data-validation-on={control.triggerValidationOn ? control.triggerValidationOn  : null}
 	readonly={readOnly || null}
 	disabled={(readOnly || null) && control.type === 'checkbox'}
 	{...validatorAttributes}
diff --git a/packages/form/components/controls/RadioGroup.astro b/packages/form/components/controls/RadioGroup.astro
index ea90f94..25b2468 100644
--- a/packages/form/components/controls/RadioGroup.astro
+++ b/packages/form/components/controls/RadioGroup.astro
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const options = control.options.map((option: string | ControlOption) => {
 				checked={option.value === control.value}
 				readonly={readOnly || null}
 				disabled={readOnly || null}
+				data-validation-on={control.triggerValidationOn ? control.triggerValidationOn : null}
 			/>
 			<label for={control.id + '-' + index}>{option.label}</label>
 		</div>
diff --git a/packages/form/components/controls/TextArea.astro b/packages/form/components/controls/TextArea.astro
index bc0741c..15ff124 100644
--- a/packages/form/components/controls/TextArea.astro
+++ b/packages/form/components/controls/TextArea.astro
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const validatorAttributes: Record<string, string> = validators.reduce((prev, val
 	cols={control?.cols ?? 21}
 	data-label={control?.label}
 	readonly={readOnly || null}
+	data-validation-on={control.triggerValidationOn ? control.triggerValidationOn : null}
 	{...validatorAttributes}
 >
 	{control.value}
diff --git a/packages/form/core/form-control.ts b/packages/form/core/form-control.ts
index 48b5667..12c775c 100644
--- a/packages/form/core/form-control.ts
+++ b/packages/form/core/form-control.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {
 	TextArea,
 	ControlBase,
 	ValidatorRules,
+	ValidationHooks,
 } from '@astro-reactive/common';
 import ShortUniqueId from 'short-unique-id';
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export class FormControl {
 	private _isPristine = true;
 	private _placeholder: string | null = null;
 	private _validators: ValidatorRules = [];
+	private _triggerValidationOn: ValidationHooks;
 	private _errors: ValidationError[] = [];
 	private _options: string[] | ControlOption[] = [];
 	private _rows: number | null = null;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ export class FormControl {
 			label = '',
 			placeholder = null,
 			validators = [],
+			triggerValidationOn = 'blur',
 		} = config;
 
 		const uid = new ShortUniqueId({ length: 9 });
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ export class FormControl {
 		this._label = label;
 		this._placeholder = placeholder;
 		this._validators = validators;
+		this._triggerValidationOn = triggerValidationOn;
 
 		if (type === 'radio' || type === 'dropdown') {
 			const { options = [] } = config as Radio | Dropdown;
@@ -111,6 +115,10 @@ export class FormControl {
 		return this._validators;
 	}
 
+	get triggerValidationOn() {
+		return this._triggerValidationOn;
+	}
+
 	get errors() {
 		return this._errors;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/validator/Validator.astro b/packages/validator/Validator.astro
index 25b0701..edb74b5 100644
--- a/packages/validator/Validator.astro
+++ b/packages/validator/Validator.astro
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ const { hook = 'all', displayErrorMessages = false } = Astro.props;
 	import { clearErrors, validate } from './core';
 
 	// const hook: HookType = (document.getElementById('hook') as HTMLInputElement).value as HookType;
-	const inputs = [...document.querySelectorAll('form input')] as HTMLInputElement[];
+	const inputs = [...document.querySelectorAll('body *[data-validation-on]')] as HTMLInputElement[];
 
 	inputs?.forEach((input) => {
-		input.addEventListener('blur', (e: Event) => {
+		input.addEventListener(input.dataset?.validationOn ?? 'blur', (e: Event) => {
 			// NOTE: event target attribute names are converted to lowercase
 			const element = e.target as HTMLInputElement;
 			const attributeNames = element?.getAttributeNames() || [];