Definitive way to trigger keypress events with jQuery

Question

I've read all the answers on to this questions and none of the solutions seem to work.

Also, I am getting the vibe that triggering keypress with special characters does not work at all. Can someone verify who has done this?

edit: the solution does not work. Try it in firebug on stackoverflow:

e = jQuery.Event("keydown");
e.which = 67;
$("#wmd-input").trigger(e)

wmd-input in the question input. 65 is A, so 67 must be an alpha key. No alpha key is entered into the question box.

Answer 1

This code is working for me. It is triggered by special keys like arrows and ctrl

$("input").keydown(function (e) {
    alert(e.which)
});

You may want to use e.keyCode instead of e.which if you are using IE

EDIT

If you want to trigger the keypress or keydown event then all you have to do is:

e = jQuery.Event("keydown")
e.which = 50 # Some key value
$("input").trigger(e)

Answer 2

If you're using jQuery UI too, you can do like this:

var e = jQuery.Event("keypress");
e.keyCode = $.ui.keyCode.ENTER;
$("input").trigger(e);