esc key event for jquery dialog

Question

Have jquery dialog as closeOnescape as false. want to trigger an event based on esc key press how do i achieve it? this on also not working

 $(document).on("keypress","#popupid",function(e) {
        debugger;
        if (e.keycode === 27) {
            alert("esc key triggered");
        }
    });

put alert after debugger; alert(e.keycode) and check that what this gives — Deepak Dholiyan, Sep 02 '16 at 06:09
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1160008/which-keycode-for-escape-key-with-jquery — Tawfik Khalifeh, Sep 02 '16 at 06:11
You need bind event on document , hide your `popupid` if visiable . — passion, Sep 02 '16 at 06:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 02 '16 at 08:14

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Replace keypress by keyup function

$(document).on('keyup', function(e) {
     if (e.keyCode === 27) { // escape key maps to keycode `27`
        alert("esc key triggered");
     }
});

Explanations : Here

edited Sep 02 '16 at 08:14

Soviut

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answered Sep 02 '16 at 06:43

Ludovic JIGAN

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '16 at 08:12

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$(document).keypress(function(e) { 
    if (e.keyCode==27){
    //do smth
}});

answered Sep 02 '16 at 08:12

Ranjan Adhikari

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esc key event for jquery dialog

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