jQuery Event Keypress: Which key was pressed? A-Z, & @

Question

on a keydown I get the following from jQuery:

jQuery.Event
altKey: false
attrChange: undefined
attrName: undefined
bubbles: true
button: undefined
cancelable         


        

Answer 1

Here is the fiddle that matches your exact requirement
http://jsfiddle.net/cSc7r/

You may have to use

  String.fromCharCode(key_event.which);

or

  String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode); // For IE

However if you want to run any event on key press here is a nice plugin to make it very easily. Please check this fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/zUc4Z/.