How to catch pressing of Escape button in textarea?
javascript, jquery
Solution
Use `keydown` or `keyup` rather than `keypress`. `keypress` only fires for keystrokes that result in characters, which (by convention) Esc doesn't (even though some charsets, such as ASCII, do have a character called "escape").
For more about handling keystrokes in JavaScript: JavaScript Madness: Keyboard Events
Problem
I have the following code: ``` $('.field').keypress(function(event) { if (event.keyCode == 27) alert(event.keyCode); }); ``` I need to catch "Escape" pressing and do some actions. But now it code does't work. I have tried to use this code: ``` $('.field').keypress(function(event) { alert(event.keyCode); }); ``` I was pressing by Escape button, but it didn't work (I haven't seen any alerts). Please, tell me, how can I fix it?