How to register document.onkeypress event

Question

I want to register keypress events for a document using javascript.

I have used:

document.attachEvent("onkeydown", my_onkeydown_handler); 

It works fine with IE, but not with Firefox and Chrome.

I also tried:

document.addEventListener("onkeydown", my_onkeydown_handler, true);  // (with false value also) 

But it still doesn't work with Firefox and Chrome.

Is there a solution, am I missing something?

Answer 1

You are looking for:

EDIT:

Javascript:

document.addEventListener("keydown", keyDownTextField, false);  function keyDownTextField(e) { var keyCode = e.keyCode;   if(keyCode==13) {   alert("You hit the enter key.");   } else {   alert("Oh no you didn't.");   } } 

DEMO: JSFIDDLE