How to disable ESC key on Modal?

Question

i am working on a html page having an modal then if modal loads on page then if i press ESC key then modal closed , that is very unliking to me. how to prevent this.?? please note that modal using cakephp render. i tried this , but not working

$(document).keydown(function(e) {
    if (e.keyCode == 27) return false;
});

are you usig jquery dialog or bootstrap modal? please post your code. — Umesh Sehta, Aug 06 '15 at 09:23
_i am using bootstrap modal._ Then you have to indicate this in the question as well as in tags — hindmost, Aug 06 '15 at 09:44
possible duplicate of [How to disable Escape Key for Twitter Bootstrap Modals?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16693079/how-to-disable-escape-key-for-twitter-bootstrap-modals) — hindmost, Aug 06 '15 at 09:48

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '15 at 09:55

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add this attribute in your modal div

data-keyboard="false"

Example

<div id="myModal" data-keyboard="false">

</div>

answered Aug 06 '15 at 09:55

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Worked for Magento 2 Modal which uses jQuery. – Damodar Bashyal Jun 25 '20 at 02:25

How to disable ESC key on Modal?

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