Binding arrow keys in JS/jQuery

Question

How do I go about binding a function to left and right arrow keys in Javascript and/or jQuery? I looked at the js-hotkey plugin for jQuery (wraps the built-in bind function to add an argument to recognize specific keys), but it doesn't seem to support arrow keys.

Answer 1

Are you sure jQuery.HotKeys doesn't support the arrow keys? I've messed around with their demo before and observed left, right, up, and down working when I tested it in IE7, Firefox 3.5.2, and Google Chrome 2.0.172...

EDIT: It appears jquery.hotkeys has been relocated to Github: https://github.com/jeresig/jquery.hotkeys

Answer 2

I came here looking for a simple way to let the user, when focused on an input, use the arrow keys to +1 or -1 a numeric input. I never found a good answer but made the following code that seems to work great - making this site-wide now.

$("input").bind('keydown', function (e) {
    if(e.keyCode == 40 && $.isNumeric($(this).val()) ) {
        $(this).val(parseFloat($(this).val())-1.0);
    } else if(e.keyCode == 38  && $.isNumeric($(this).val()) ) { 
        $(this).val(parseFloat($(this).val())+1.0);
    }
}); 

Answer 3

prevent arrow only available for any object else SELECT, well actually i haven't tes on another object LOL. but it can stop arrow event on page and input type.

i already try to block arrow left and right to change the value of SELECT object using "e.preventDefault()" or "return false" on "kepress" "keydown" and "keyup" event but it still change the object value. but the event still tell you that arrow was pressed.

Answer 4

Example of pure js with going right or left

        window.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
            // go to the right
            if (e.keyCode == 39) {

            }
            // go to the left
            if (e.keyCode == 37) {

            }
        });