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Occurs when a key is pressed while the control has focus.

Occurs when a key is pressed while the control has focus.

This is the key press template primarily designed to illustrate keys and keystrokes on a computer keyboard.

With additional parameters, a single template can even illustrate a combination of multiple simultaneous keystrokes. A sequence of keystrokes, on the other hand, need to be demonstrated with separate templates.

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jQuery Event Keypress: Which key was pressed?

With jQuery, how do I find out which key was pressed when I bind to the keypress event? $('#searchbox input').bind('keypress', function(e) {}); I want to trigger a submit when ENTER is pressed. [Update] Even though I found the (or better: one)…
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Detecting arrow key presses in JavaScript

How do I detect when one of the arrow keys are pressed? I used this to find out: function checkKey(e) { var event = window.event ? window.event : e; console.log(event.keyCode) } Though it worked for every other key, it didn't for arrow keys…
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How to detect a textbox's content has changed

I want to detect whenever a textbox's content has changed. I can use the keyup method, but that will also detect keystrokes which do not generate letters, like the arrow keys. I thought of two methods of doing this using the keyup event: Check…
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Prevent form submission on Enter key press

I have a form with two text boxes, one select drop down and one radio button. When the enter key is pressed, I want to call my JavaScript function, but when I press it, the form is submitted. How do I prevent the form from being submitted when the…
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Submit form on pressing Enter with AngularJS

In this particular case, what options do I have to make these inputs call a function when I press Enter? Html:
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Typing the Enter/Return key in Selenium

I'm looking for a quick way to type the Enter or Return key in Selenium. Unfortunately, the form I'm trying to test (not my own code, so I can't modify) doesn't have a Submit button. When working with it manually, I just type Enter or Return. How…
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How to handle the `onKeyPress` event in ReactJS?

How can I make the onKeyPress event work in ReactJS? It should alert when enter (keyCode=13) is pressed. var Test = React.createClass({ add: function(event){ if(event.keyCode == 13){ alert('Adding....'); } }, …
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Definitive way to trigger keypress events with jQuery

I've read all the answers on to this questions and none of the solutions seem to work. Also, I am getting the vibe that triggering keypress with special characters does not work at all. Can someone verify who has done this?
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JQuery: detect change in input field

I want to detect when a user's keyboard actions alter the value of a text field. It should work consistently across modern browsers. The JQuery page for the .keypress event says it's not consistent? Also, it doesn't work for backspace, delete etc. I…
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jQuery: keyPress Backspace won't fire?

I wonder what I'm doing wrong: $(".s").keypress(function(e) { switch (e.keyCode) { case 8: // Backspace //console.log('backspace'); case 9: // Tab case 13: // Enter case 37: // Left case 38: // Up case…
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How to detect key presses?

I am making a stopwatch type program in Python and I would like to know how to detect if a key is pressed (such as p for pause and s for stop), and I would not like it to be something like raw_input, which waits for the user's input before…
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How do I capture a key press (or keydown) event on a div element?

How do you trap the keypress or key down event on a DIV element (using jQuery)? What is required to give the DIV element focus?
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How to wait for a keypress in R?

I want to pause my R script until the user presses a key. How do I do this?
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JavaScript listener, "keypress" doesn't detect backspace?

I'm using a keypress listener eg.. addEventListener("keypress", function(event){ } However, this doesn't seem to detect a backspace which erases text... Is there a different listener I can use to detect this?
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onKeyDown event not working on divs in React

I want to use a keyDown event on a div in React. I do: componentWillMount() { document.addEventListener("keydown", this.onKeyPressed.bind(this)); } componentWillUnmount() { document.removeEventListener("keydown",…
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