keydown on document is not working when clicked on page?

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$(document).keydown(function (event) {
  alert(event.keyCode);
});

This function works great when the page is loaded..Now when i click on any part of the page and then when i press any key this event is not firing and alert does not come..

Why?

Posted 7-Nov-12 2:06am

Ravi Tuvar

Updated 7-Nov-12 2:07am

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jim lahey 7-Nov-12 8:20am

In what browser? I've just tried your code in FireFox and it works

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 7-Nov-12 9:13am

Yes it is working in firefox, IE9 and Chrome latest version.

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Jamal Seyedi · Answer 1 · 2012-11-20T11:19:00

Solution 1

try window

JavaScript

$(window).keydown(function (event) {
  alert(event.keyCode);
});

Posted 20-Nov-12 11:19am

Jamal Seyedi