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Which keycode for escape key with jQuery
How to detect escape key press in IE, Firefox and Chrome?
Below code works in IE and alerts 27, but in Firefox it alerts 0
$('body').keypress(function(e){
alert(e.which);
if(e.which == 27){
// Close my modal window
}
});

Note: keyCode is becoming deprecated, use key instead.
function keyPress (e) {
if(e.key === "Escape") {
// write your logic here.
}
}
Code Snippet:
var msg = document.getElementById('state-msg');
document.body.addEventListener('keypress', function(e) {
if (e.key == "Escape") {
msg.textContent += 'Escape pressed:'
}
});
Press ESC key <span id="state-msg"></span>
keyCode is becoming deprecated
It seems keydown and keyup work, even though keypress may not
$(document).keyup(function(e) {
if (e.key === "Escape") { // escape key maps to keycode `27`
// <DO YOUR WORK HERE>
}
});
Which keycode for escape key with jQuery

The keydown event will work fine for Escape and has the benefit of allowing you to use keyCode in all browsers. Also, you need to attach the listener to document rather than the body.
Update May 2016
keyCode is now in the process of being deprecated and most modern browsers offer the key property now, although you'll still need a fallback for decent browser support for now (at time of writing the current releases of Chrome and Safari don't support it).
Update September 2018
evt.key is now supported by all modern browsers.
document.onkeydown = function(evt) {
evt = evt || window.event;
var isEscape = false;
if ("key" in evt) {
isEscape = (evt.key === "Escape" || evt.key === "Esc");
} else {
isEscape = (evt.keyCode === 27);
}
if (isEscape) {
alert("Escape");
}
};
Click me then press the Escape key

Using JavaScript you can do check working jsfiddle
document.onkeydown = function(evt) {
evt = evt || window.event;
if (evt.keyCode == 27) {
alert('Esc key pressed.');
}
};
Using jQuery you can do check working jsfiddle
jQuery(document).on('keyup',function(evt) {
if (evt.keyCode == 27) {
alert('Esc key pressed.');
}
});

check for keyCode && which & keyup || keydown
$(document).keydown(function(e){
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
alert(code);
});

Pure JS
you can attach a listener to keyUp event for the document.
Also, if you want to make sure, any other key is not pressed along with Esc key, you can use values of ctrlKey, altKey, and shifkey.
document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
if (event.key === 'Escape') {
//if esc key was not pressed in combination with ctrl or alt or shift
const isNotCombinedKey = !(event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.shiftKey);
if (isNotCombinedKey) {
console.log('Escape key was pressed with out any group keys')
}
}
});

pure JS (no JQuery)
document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
if(e.keyCode == 27){
//add your code here
}
});

Below is the code that not only disables the ESC key but also checks the condition where it is pressed and depending on the situation, it will do the action or not.
In this example,
e.preventDefault();
will disable the ESC key-press action.
You may do anything like to hide a div with this:
document.getElementById('myDivId').style.display = 'none';
Where the ESC key pressed is also taken into consideration:
(e.target.nodeName=='BODY')
You may remove this if condition part if you like to apply to this to all. Or you may target INPUT here to only apply this action when the cursor is in input box.
window.addEventListener('keydown', function(e){
if((e.key=='Escape'||e.key=='Esc'||e.keyCode==27) && (e.target.nodeName=='BODY')){
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
}, true);

Best way is to make function for this
FUNCTION:
$.fn.escape = function (callback) {
return this.each(function () {
$(document).on("keydown", this, function (e) {
var keycode = ((typeof e.keyCode !='undefined' && e.keyCode) ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if (keycode === 27) {
callback.call(this, e);
};
});
});
};
EXAMPLE:
$("#my-div").escape(function () {
alert('Escape!');
})

On Firefox 78 use this ("keypress" doesn't work for Escape key):
function keyPress (e)(){
if (e.key == "Escape"){
//do something here
}
document.addEventListener("keyup", keyPress);

i think the simplest way is vanilla javascript:
document.onkeyup = function(event) {
if (event.keyCode === 27){
//do something here
}
}
Updated: Changed key => keyCode

How to simulate a key press by pressing a different key

I want to hide the "suggested" options list that appears underneath the search input when you start typing something on the Wordpress search plugin, what I need specifically is to fire the "Escape" key event when I press down the "Delete" key, I tried the following jquery function but it doesn't work as I expected.
$('form.search-form').keydown(function (e) {
// keycode for Delete key
if (e.keyCode == 46) {
var a = $.Event("keydown");
// keycode for Esc key
a.which = 27;
a.keyCode = 27;
$(document).trigger(a);
}});
Any help? Thanks in advance

Updated (original question was unclear)
Live demo here (click).
When the delete key is pressed, change the keyCode to the esc key, then use trigger to simulate a press of esc.
$('input').keydown(function (e) {
// keycode for delete
if (e.keyCode == 46) {
console.log('delete key pressed.');
e.keyCode = 27;
$(this.target).trigger(e);
}
});
$('input').keydown(function (e) {
// keycode for esc
if (e.keyCode == 27) {
console.log('esc key pressed.');
}
});
Old answer (leaving this here because it is similar.)
Your question is an X/Y problem. You don't need to fire another keydown, event, you just need to repeat the same functionality, so extract the esc event's code into a function and reuse in the del key's event. Live demo here (click).
$('input').keydown(function (e) {
// keycode for delete
if (e.keyCode == 46) {
myFunction(e);
}
});
$('input').keydown(function (e) {
// keycode for esc
if (e.keyCode == 27) {
myFunction(e);
}
});
function myFunction() {
alert('Look, Ma! Code reuse!');
}
Better yet, do this! Live demo here (click).
$('input').keydown(function (e) {
// keycodes for delete and esc
if (e.keyCode == 46 || e.keyCode == 27) {
myFunction(e);
}
});
function myFunction() {
alert('Look, Ma! Code optimization!');
}

Prevent Form submitting and hitting keyup event handler not working

Having some problem cross browser. I need to Support IE7-9, my site is set to IE7 standards - cannot be changed. Then i need to support latest chrome, safari and firefox.
I want to hit a keyup event in a textbox on enter. Problem is i have a keypress event added to the form on that page which is submitting the form which i dont want to happen.
Sample application would be like this.
JAVASCRIPT:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("form").bind("keypress", function (e) {
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if (code == 13) {
$("#log1").append("Key press - Form event");
}
});
$("#myInput1").bind("keypress", function (e) {
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if (code != 13) {
return true;
}
$("#log2").append("Enter pressed - input event");
//if (!e) var e = window.event;
e.cancelBubble = true;
e.returnValue = false;
if (e.stopPropagation) {
e.stopPropagation();
//e.preventDefault();
}
});
$("#myInput1").bind("keyup", function (e) {
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if (code != 13) {
return true;
}
$("#log1").append("Key up - Enter pressed - input event");
});
});​
HTML
<li onkeypress="alert('hi')">
<input id="myInput1" type="text" />
<div id="log1"></div>
<div id="log2"></div>
</li>
If i use e.preventDefault() - keyup event is not hit, if i dont use it, page is posting back.
I want to see "Key up - Enter pressed - input event" to be written to screen on pressing enter, across all browsers.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Finally was able to do it like this:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("form").bind("keypress", function (e) {
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if (code == 13) {
$("#log1").append("Key press - Form event");
}
});
$("#myInput1").bind("keypress", function (e) {
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if (e.keyCode != 13) {
return true;
}
$("#log2").append("Enter pressed - input event");
e.stopPropagation();
sampleE = e.keyCode;
$("#myInput1").trigger("keyup");
return false;
});
$("#myInput1").bind("keyup", function (e) {
if (!e.keyCode)
e.keyCode = sampleE;
if (e.keyCode != 13) {
return true;
}
$("#log1").append("Key up - Enter pressed - input event");
});
});
var sampleE = null;
I know this is not the best of the options but this is working. Thanks All.

Keypress to change class in jQuery

I have a problem I can't seem to sort out.
I have a form with a custom styled button (input type=button). When typing in the text field, I want people to be able to press the TAB key and go to the button. However, it won't use a tab-index so my solution was to highlight the label and change the CSS to give the button a new border color. However, the border color will not change on keypress in any browser other than Firefox.
Here is what I have:
$(function() {
$("#email").bind("keypress", function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
send();
return false;
};
if (e.keyCode == 9) {
$("#submit_btn").removeClass('submit1').addClass('submit1after');
};
});
};
The first enter keypress is to serialize and email the form and all.
I can't seem to get it to work for the life of me. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better solution to what I'm trying to accomplish?
Thanks for taking the time,
Armik

Use keydown instead, for me that works (see demo: http://jsfiddle.net/npGtX/2/)
$(function () {
$("#email").bind("keydown", function (e) {
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
send();
return false;
};
if (e.keyCode == 9) {
$("#submit_btn").removeClass('submit1').addClass('submit1after');
};
});
};
Also I found this: Suppressing keyPress for non-character keys?
keypress is not necessarily triggered when the keypress is not a
character. So the browser may not trigger an event on backspace, F1,
the down key, etc.

You can use the keyup event and event object's which property, jQuery normalizes the which property and it's cross-browser:
$(function() {
$("#email").bind("keyup", function(e) {
if (e.which == 13) {
send();
return false;
};
if (e.which == 9) {
$("#submit_btn").toggleClass('submit1 submit1after');
};
});
};

$(function() {
$("#email").keypress(function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 13 || e.which== 13) {
send();
return false;
};
if (e.keyCode == 9 || e.which== 9) {
$("#submit_btn").removeClass('submit1').addClass('submit1after');
};
});
};

switching default keyevents actions after key combinations

I need to change default actions of two events.
When I press "enter" one action occurs, when I press "shift-enter" another. I need to switch it. I means if I press "enter" than "shift-enter" action occurs. I tried something like this but if doesn't work.
f(evt.keyCode == 13) {
if(!evt.shiftKey){
evt.preventDefault();
evt.shiftKey = true;
var e = jQuery.Event("keydown");
e.which = 13;
e.shiftKey = true;
$(wym._doc).trigger(e);
Is there any way to do it?

Here try this :
$(function() {
$('#myinput').keypress(function(e) {
if(e.shiftKey && e.which == 13) {
alert('shift enter');
} else if(e.which == 13) {
alert('enter');
}
});
});