A work-arount to getting the target element in ng-change.

ng-change-target.html

<input type="text" ng-focus="focusCallback($event)" ng-change="changeCallback()">

ng-change-target.js

$scope.targetField = null;

$scope.changeCallback = function() {
  $scope.searchResults = Beneficiaries.search($scope.searchTerm);
};

$scope.focusCallback = function($event) {
  if($event.target === null) {
    return;
  }

  $scope.targetField = $event.target;
};

Smart enough ;)

Nice solution! For version, where ng-focus is not available a workaround could be to use ng-click...

You are awesome man ! Thanks for the Smart Solution, It saved my time. :)