jQuery keyCode for angle brackets

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I'm wondering how to safely see if the < and > keys are pressed in jQuery. It's 226 on my Swedish keyboard, but we're having the < and > keys on the same key, and using shift to select which one.

How can I safely determine which is pressed without having to worry about localization, American keyboard have the keys on two different ones?

How are you looking at the keyCode? With jQuery you shouuld probably look at `.which` — Explosion Pills, Mar 14 '13 at 19:28
Yep, I'm using `.which` and I can catch it, but I don't know how it will work with other keyboard layouts. — , Mar 14 '13 at 19:32
if you are worried about localization, maybe using the < > are not the best solution... — Spooks, Mar 14 '13 at 20:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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You should use the keypress event and the .which.

See jQuery Event Keypress: Which key was pressed? A-Z, & @ for more information.

.which gives the character code, as opposed to the keycode. < and > are symbols and shouldn't be effected by localization as certain letters are.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Mar 14 '13 at 19:35

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Well, I want to know the the keys `<` and `>` are pressed, not if the key with the keyCode 226 is pressed. The US keyCode for `<` for example is 188. So I can't really rely on the keyCode. – Mar 14 '13 at 19:46
Right, keypress gives you a charCode, not a keyCode. See this answer as well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4285627/javascript-keycode-vs-charcode-utter-confusion – Andrew Grothe Mar 15 '13 at 10:48

jQuery keyCode for angle brackets

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