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Issue with jQuery keydown

Answer 1

A:

Try $('#serialCode')[0].focus();

Calling focus on the jQuery object fires events associated with focus. You need to call focus on the dom element.

Stefan Kendall 2010-09-21 18:18:23

Hi Stefan, I didnt get your reply. Could you please explain again.

t3ch 2010-09-21 18:21:29

Hi Stefan, just tried your solution, it didnt work for me. My requirement is, as soon as user presses a key, that keys value should be shown in the input box.

t3ch 2010-09-21 18:22:47

Answer 2

A:

bind focus event on document.

Praveen Prasad 2010-09-21 18:24:44

Hi Praveen, something like this? $.keydown(function() { $('#inputScanner').focus(); });

t3ch 2010-09-21 18:33:45

Nah. He means $(document).keydown(). You'll likely still need to modify your call to focus as I showed in my post.

Stefan Kendall 2010-09-21 18:44:14

Answer 3

+1 A:

Either close the tag (</center>), or put the "outerBody" class on a div, Or:

<script language="javascript">
$(function()
{
    $('.scroll-pane').jScrollPane();
    $('#tab1,#tab2,#scroll-pane').keydown(function() {
      $('#serialCode').focus();      
    });
});
</script>

Nico 2010-09-21 18:25:04

Hi Nico, Replaced center with DIV, still didnt work

t3ch 2010-09-21 18:35:36

Tried this approach, $('#tab1,#tab2,#scroll-pane').keydown(function() { Didnt work either, focus is only going to input field, if I click inside the DIV

t3ch 2010-09-21 18:37:23

your problem is keydown doesn't trigger for a context unless you are focused on an element that can have the focus on that context, I'm sure if you add an input to one of the tables and press a key on it, it will take you to the serial code input

Nico 2010-09-21 18:42:54

Answer 4

A:

Why not attach the keydown event to the entire document window?

$(document).keydown(function() {
  $("#serialCode").focus();
});

This might work, or help you figure it out.

view: http://jsbin.com/iwuwa4
edit: http://jsbin.com/iwuwa4/edit

Sandro 2010-09-21 18:31:41

Hi Sandro, worked perfectly, thanks :)

t3ch 2010-09-21 18:44:09

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