Question

I am trying to disable all shortkeys when certain keys (Ctrl/Shift) are clicked.

This is my quick snippet:

$(document).keyup(function(b) {     

    if (b.keyCode == 16) {return false;}
    if (b.keyCode == 17) {return false;}

    $("body").append(b.keyCode + " ");


});

​When ever you click Shift or Click, the keyCode number is not printed but if you click Shift + Any Letter, the keyCode of the letter is printed.

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/javascript/K4sCx/7/

Answer 1

You can determine if a “special keys” was pressed in your event Object.

Detecting specizal keys in your event object:

if (evtobj.altKey || evtobj.ctrlKey || evtobj.shiftKey)
alert("you pressed one of the 'Alt', 'Ctrl', or 'Shift' keys")
}

Code sample:

$(document).keyup(function(evtobj) {     
                if (!(evtobj.altKey || evtobj.ctrlKey || evtobj.shiftKey)){
    if (evtobj.keyCode == 16) {return false;}
                    if (evtobj.keyCode == 17) {return false;}
    $("body").append(evtobj.keyCode + " ");
                }
});

Fiddler

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