Prevent the backspace key from going to the previous page
.keydown(function(e){
alert(e.keyCode);
...
This returns 8 as the backspace key. The problem is the browser is being sent back to history!
This is the most annoying behavior of Windows browsers, I am just trying to clear the values of the list fields using the delete and backspace keys. I hate this behavior and it is exactly the same in IE and Chrome.
Any ideas I could use for the backspace key?
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Anonymous
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Just use preventDefault()
:
$(document).keydown(function(e){
if ( e.keyCode == 8 ) e.preventDefault();
});
Note that this will prevent backspaces from working on input fields. This can be easily fixed as follows:
$(document).keydown(function(e){
if ( e.keyCode == 8 && e.target.tagName != 'INPUT' && e.target.tagName != 'TEXTAREA') {
e.preventDefault();
}
});
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Joseph silber
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Use the preventDefault () function, and as an additional protection, you can use the onbeforeunload event to warn people if they move away from your page.
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koenpeters
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