javascript - 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?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12153357/how-to-register-document-onkeypress-event

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