Excluding form fields from keypress handler assigned to body

Question

I have a keypress handler on a web page assigned to the body element. I really do want it to be active anywhere in the web page. Or so I thought. The k

Answer 1

It would be easier simply to check which element triggered the event in your keypress handler and filter out input elements:

document.onkeypress = function(evt) {
    evt = evt || window.event;
    var target = evt.target || evt.srcElement;
    if ( !/INPUT|TEXTAREA|SELECT|BUTTON/.test(target.nodeName) ) {
        // Do stuff
    }
};