• keydown | keyup | keypress | pressedKey

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.keydown

Description Bind an event handler to the "keydown" event, or trigger it.

Parameters

• handler (Function, optional): Function to execute.

Returns

• (jBase): Current instance.

Example

$(document).keydown(function(e) {
    console.log('Key pressed:', e.key);
});

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.keyup

Description Bind an event handler to the "keyup" event, or trigger it.

Parameters

• handler (Function, optional): Function to execute.

Returns

• (jBase): Current instance.

Example

$('#input').keyup(function() {
    console.log('Key released');
});

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.keypress

⚠️ DEPRECATED: This event is officially deprecated in modern web standards. Please use .keydown() instead.

Description Bind an event handler to the "keypress" event, or trigger it.

Parameters

• handler (Function, optional): Function to execute.

Returns

• (jBase): Current instance.

Example

$(document).keypress(function(e) {
    // Logic here
});

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.pressedkey

Description A specialized helper method. It attaches a listener that only executes the handler if a specific key matches.

Parameters

• key (String): The key value to check for (e.g., 'Enter', 'Escape').
• handler (Function): Function to execute if the key matches.

Returns

• (jBase): Current instance.

Example

$('#search').pressedkey('Enter', function() {
    console.log('Enter key was pressed, submitting search...');
});