Key sequence using event keys to load href

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SOLVED VIA COMMENT charCode needed to be 3 which is ctrl+pause thanks Jaromanda X

So I have been through this site and can't seem to find what I am looking for. Currently I have the following for my JS. I am trying to make it work with ctrl+pause so it will load the TacomaSB.hta after pressing the key sequence ctrl+pause. If its already on the site please provide it but I couldn't seem to locate what I needed :L

  <script>
  function hrefKeyDown(evt)
 { 
var ev = ((window.event)?(window.event):(evt)); 
var ahref = document.getElementById('connect');
var charCode = ((window.event)?(window.event.keyCode):(((evt.which)?(evt.which):(evt.keyKode))));
if(charCode==19)
{ 
ahref.click();
} 
}
  </script>

Here is the body.

<body onkeydown="hrefKeyDown(event);return false;">
    <a href="/TacomaSB.hta" onclick="document.login_form.submit(); return false;" name="connect" id="connect" onkeydown = "hrefKeyDown(event);return false;"></a>

At the moment I have it working fine with pause but I can't figure out how to do both charCode 19(pause) and charCode 17(ctrl)

Possible duplicate of [Capturing ctrl+z key combination in javascript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16006583/capturing-ctrlz-key-combination-in-javascript) — Oluwafemi Sule, Sep 03 '17 at 23:12
ctrl+pause actually results in ctrlKey being true, and a keycode of **3** - because keyboards are weird — Jaromanda X, Sep 03 '17 at 23:13
OMG THANK YOU @JaromandaX that's all it was... Your the best — Tacoma, Sep 03 '17 at 23:15
historically, break (which is what ctrl+pause is) was ctrl+c .. ctrl+c == ascii `03` - hence why (perhaps) ctrl+pause == ctrlKey:true + keyCode:3 — Jaromanda X, Sep 03 '17 at 23:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '17 at 15:08

Had to change the charCode to 3 was 19 solved via Jaromanda X
<script>

  function hrefKeyDown(evt)
 { 
var ev = ((window.event)?(window.event):(evt)); 
var ahref = document.getElementById('connect');
var charCode = ((window.event)?(window.event.keyCode):(((evt.which)?(evt.which):(evt.keyKode))));
if(charCode==3)
{ 
ahref.click();
} 
}
  </script>

Key sequence using event keys to load href

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