detect key press on modal dialog not working
问题 I would like to detect whether the user has pressed any key when a modal is shown. I tried the following code but the events are not fired. Code snippet: $("#modal_confirmation_dp_change").on('keydown keyup input', function ( e ) { alert(); }); If I try to test click event, it is fired. $("#modal_confirmation_dp_change").on('click', function ( e ) { alert(); }); I am using twitter bootstrap modal. Am I missing something? ANSWER: I found the solution to my problem. It seems like I should not