Keyboard Events in jQuery

Keyboard Events in jQuery — a practical guide to jQuery keyboard events with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Prefer keydown/keyup; check event.key for modern code.

Keyboard

$('#search').on('keyup', function (e) {
  if (e.key === 'Enter') {
    runSearch($(this).val());
  }
});