Using Keyboard Shortcuts On You Web Application With jQuery

Here's the basic code:

$(function(){
  $('body').keydown(function(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      if(e.keyCode==13){ // enter
        // action
      }
  });
});

Note: You may use it for a specifc element instead of 'body', for example an input.

At the end of the post you'll find how to do this with "CTRL+Key" actions.

But what are the keycode's? And where do I find them?

Right Here:

Key Pressed	Key Code
backspace	8
tab	9
enter	13
shift	16
ctrl	17
alt	18
pause/break	19
caps lock	20
escape	27
page up	33
page down	34
end	35
home	36
left arrow	37
up arrow	38
right arrow	39
down arrow	40
insert	45
delete	46
0	48
1	49
2	50
3	51
4	52
5	53
6	54
7	55
8	56
9	57
a	65
b	66
c	67
d	68
e	69
f	70
g	71
h	72
i	73
j	74
k	75
l	76
m	77
n	78
o	79
p	80
q	81
r	82
s	83
t	84
u	85
v	86
w	87
x	88
y	89
z	90
left window key	91
right window key	92
select key	93
numpad 0	96
numpad 1	97
numpad 2	98
numpad 3	99
numpad 4	100
numpad 5	101
numpad 6	102
numpad 7	103
numpad 8	104
numpad 9	105
multiply	106
add	107
subtract	109
decimal point	110
divide	111
f1	112
f2	113
f3	114
f4	115
f5	116
f6	117
f7	118
f8	119
f9	120
f10	121
f11	122
f12	123
num lock	144
scroll lock	145
semi-colon	186
equal sign	187
comma	188
dash	189
period	190
forward slash	191
grave accent	192
open bracket	219
back slash	220
close braket	221
single quote	222

Using "CTRL + Key" Actions

var isCtrl = false;
$(document).keyup(function (e) {
if(e.which == 17)
isCtrl=false;
}).keydown(function (e) {
if(e.which == 17) isCtrl=true;
if(e.which == 83 && isCtrl == true) {
 //run code for CTRL+S return false;
 } 
});