jQuery Event Keypress: Which key was pressed?

Question

With jQuery, how do I find out which key was pressed when I bind to the keypress event?

$(\'#searchbox input\').bind(\'keypress\', function(e) {});
         


        

Answer 1

 // in jquery source code...
 if (!event.which && ((event.charCode || event.charCode === 0) ? event.charCode : event.keyCode)) {
     event.which = event.charCode || event.keyCode;
 }

 // So you have just to use
 $('#searchbox input').bind('keypress', function(e) {
     if (e.which === 13) {
         alert('ENTER WAS PRESSED');
     }
 });