Question

Is there a way for jQuery to detect that more than one key was pressed at the same time?

Is there any alternative that allows for pressing two keys at the same time to be detected?

Answer 1

In order to detect multiple keys being held down, use the keydown and keyup events.

var keys = {};

$(document).keydown(function (e) {
    keys[e.which] = true;
});

$(document).keyup(function (e) {
    delete keys[e.which];
});

I’ve put together a demo here: http://jsfiddle.net/gFcuU/. It’s kind of fun, though I noticed my keyboard is only able to detect at most 6 keys.