Question

I am using the following code to determine which key is pressed by the user.

$(document).keydown(function(e){
    var code = (e.keyCode? e.keyCode : e.charCode);
    $("#keyCode").html("Key Code: " + code);
});

My problem is that the code for +/= key is the same as the code for the numpad plus key. Both are 107. How can I tell which of these two keys were pressed?

Update

It looks like this problem is specific to Firefox. Chrome and IE give me codes of 107 and 187.

Answer 1

The only way I could get this to work properly in Firefox was to use the keypress event and get the charCode. I also keep track of if the Shift key is held down.