jquery detecting numpad keypress value

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Get Correct keyCode for keypad(numpad) keys

I'm writing an application that needs to be able to get the value of numbers pressed on the keyboard. I've come up with the following code:

    var keyVal = "";
    $(document).on("keydown.xRuleKey", function(e) {
        var keyChar = String.fromCharCode(e.which);
        if (!isNaN(keyChar)) {
            keyVal += keyChar;
        }
    })

This works fine for the numbers on the top of the keyboard but when I use the numpad, the characters "`abcdefghi" are returned instead of "0123456789". Is this normal or is my keyboard weird? If it's normal is it safe to simply to set up a key/value pair to translate the letter to it's number equivelant or will that conflict with anything else. I don't think it will conflict with the regular letter keys as they return uppercase characters and the numpad returns lowercase.

Any thoughts? Anyone dealt with this before?

Take a look here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5630918/get-correct-keycode-for-keypadnumpad-keys, there is a link to a great jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/AEMLoviji/tABDr/ — TryingToImprove, Jan 08 '13 at 17:16
Thanks, that seems to fix it, just need subtract 48 from the keyCode if it's on the numpad — HuwD, Jan 08 '13 at 17:24
@TryingToImprove You should post that as an answer so HuwD can accept it. Community! — ntgCleaner, Jan 08 '13 at 17:49

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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From the comments.. :-)

Take a look here : stackoverflow.com/questions/5630918/…, there is a link to a great jsfiddle: jsfiddle.net/AEMLoviji/tABDr

Hope it worked out okay.. :-)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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everyone deserves their points! – ntgCleaner Jan 09 '13 at 15:41

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