if(characterCode == 13) { // returning false will prevent the event from bubbling up. return false; } else{ return true; } Ok, so imagine you have the following textbox in a form: <input id=”scriptBox” type=”text” onkeypress=”return runScript(event)” /> In order to run some “user defined” script from this text box when the enter key is … Read more
Start observing ‘input’ event instead of ‘change’. jQuery(‘#some_text_box’).on(‘input’, function() { // do your stuff }); …which is nice and clean, but may be extended further to: jQuery(‘#some_text_box’).on(‘input propertychange paste’, function() { // do your stuff });
Arrow keys are only triggered by onkeydown, not onkeypress. The keycodes are: left = 37 up = 38 right = 39 down = 40
Actually this is better: var code = e.keyCode || e.which; if(code == 13) { //Enter keycode //Do something }