Perform keydown

Question

I need to know, how can I perform keydown on specified element or document. Now I need to perform 'click on right arrow'. I tried this: $('#page').trigger({type: 'keydown', name: 'right'});

But this doesn't work. Is here any solution, how can I perform action like this?

Answer 1

You need to pass custom event with key code for this:

var customEvent = jQuery.Event( 'keydown' );
customEvent.which = 39;
$( '#page' ).trigger( customEvent );

Answer 2

Try this:

$('#element').bind('keypress', function(e) {
    if(e.keyCode==39){
        //do anything here...
    }
});

Answer 3

Use jQuery Keydown function. More detail here.

$( '#page').keydown(function() {
  alert( "Handler for .keydown() called." );
});