Harmonizing the "keypress" event between browsers

[anonymous]

Please see ​http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7250107/jquery-doesnt-detect-left-keypress-inside-input-box

and ​http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1165981/jquery-how-to-capture-keypress-key-using-live

[Rick Waldron]

Recommend:

$('input').live('keydown', function(event) {
    if ( event.which === 37 ) {
        console.log("left key pressed");
    }
});

And also: ​http://api.jquery.com/keypress/

Note: as the keypress event isn't covered by any official specification, the actual behavior encountered when using it may differ across browsers, browser versions, and platforms.

[dmethvin]

#12469 is a duplicate of this ticket.