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Ok so what is the difference in .keypress and .keydown/.keyup? At present I am using .keydown which returns a .which value of 38 for my key, now if i change it to .keypress it returns a value of 109 for that same key. What is the difference and why are the values different for the same key?
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The keypress() method triggers the keypress event, or attaches a function to run when a keypress event occurs. The keypress event is similar to the keydown event. The event occurs when a button is pressed down. However, the keypress event is not fired for all keys (e.g. ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, ESC).
jQuery keyup() Method The order of events related to the keyup event: keydown - The key is on its way down. keypress - The key is pressed down. keyup - The key is released.
The “enter” key is represent by code “13”, check this ASCII charts. To check if an “enter” key is pressed inside a textbox, just bind the keypress() to the textbox. $('#textbox').
Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes.
If you press a button it fires a keydown and releasing it fires a keyup. The keypress usually comes between those two.
keydown and keyup talk about which key has been changed. keypress tells which character that key represents.
Note that this is all browser-dependent!
See this article about the differences between the key events as implemented on various browsers.
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