Jquery script for simulated key press down not running keyboard shortcut

Question

Id like to give thanks in advance for any time and effort spent on this. Ok so I have a script thats supposed to simulate a key press down event after 3 seconds once the pa

Answer 1

you don't add your handler first....do that

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
    // Bind event handler
    $('body').keypress(function(e) {
        alert(String.fromCharCode(e.which));
    });
});
jQuery.fn.simulateKeyPress = function(character) {
    jQuery(this).trigger({
        type: 'keypress',
        which: character.charCodeAt(0)
    });
};

setTimeout(function() {
    $('body').simulateKeyPress('z');
}, 3000); //3 seconds

example to test: http://jsfiddle.net/x8a25/1/

Answer 2

If you're trying to fire some browser or system wide keyboard shortcut then it's a dead end - it can't be done for security reasons. If it would be possible, you would have pages all over the Internet that would (for example) add themself to your bookmarks without even asking (by firing CTRL+B shortcut using Javascript).