jQuery already handles that. To check if control was pressed you should use: $(window).keydown(function (e){ if (e.ctrlKey) alert(“control”); }); The list of modifier keys: e.ctrlKey e.altKey e.shiftKey And as fudgey suggested: e.metaKey Might work on MAC. Some other ways here as well.
These are the options currently documented in the tests: ctrl, shift, enter and escape. These are some valid examples of key bindings: keydown.control.shift.enter keydown.control.esc You can track this here while no official docs exist, but they should be out soon.
What errors are you seeing in the browser? I can understand why your code doesn’t work if what you posted was incomplete, but without knowing that I can’t know for sure. You should probably clear the charNum div, or write something, if they are over the limit. function countChar(val) { var len = val.value.length; if … Read more