jquery keypress event object keyCode for firefox p

Question

jQuery keypress event for FireFox gives encrypted keyCode property for event object after String.fromCharCode(e.keyCode) conversion but works perfect in Chrome.

Following is the javascript code:

<!-- #booter and #text are ids of html element textarea -->

<script type="text/javascript">        
    $(function(){
        $('#booter').keypress(function(e){              
            var input = $(this).val() + String.fromCharCode(e.keyCode);
            $('#text').focus().val(input);
            return false;
        });
    });
</script>

Answer 1

It works for both IE & FF.

 $(document).ready(function (){

         $('#txtEntry').keypress(function (e) {

             $('#lnkValidEdit').focus();
             return false;

         });

Answer 2

You should use e.charCode in Firefox.

$("#booter").keypress(function(e){
     var code = e.charCode || e.keyCode;
     var input = $(this).val() + String.fromCharCode(code);
     $('#text').focus().val(input);
     return false;
});

Try it here:

http://jsfiddle.net/REJ4t/

PS If you're wondering why all this mess: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/keys.html