Disable keydown for open parenthesis

Question

Am trying to disable open and closed parenthesis for a textbox.

Am succesful in disabling keycode for few characters but not with the one uses SHIFT.

 if(event.keyCode == 57 || event.keyCode == 48)

disables both 9 ,0 along with open and closed parenthesis

if (event.shiftKey) {
            if(event.keyCode == 57 || event.keyCode == 48)
            event.preventDefault();
        }

how do i diable parenthesis alone and not numbers. what is the correct way.

i dont want to use any plugins

Thanks

Works for me: http://jsbin.com/ahized/1 ([source](http://jsbin.com/ahized/1/edit)). But you should probably use `event.which`, not `event.keyCode`, see [the docs](http://api.jquery.com/category/events/event-object/) for details. — T.J. Crowder, Apr 29 '13 at 06:09

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '13 at 06:12

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$('input').on('keypress', function(e) {
    if (e.which == 40 || e.which == 41)
        e.preventDefault();
});

answered Apr 29 '13 at 06:12

adeneo

Definitely the way to go. Different keyboard layouts can put the `()` in different places. – T.J. Crowder Apr 29 '13 at 06:30

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