jQuery keyboard events

Question

Using jQuery, I would like to capture a keyboard event that is:

• before the user lifts their finger from the key
• after the characters

Answer 1

You could listen on keydown event and store the value in a variable. That variable would have the value as it was before the new input, and the new input would be included in the keyup event

UPDATE:

Ok, I misunderstood your requirements, but there isn't an event that would meet your needs. The only thing I can think of to simulate this behaviour is the following:

• listen on keydown/keypress
• get the value from the event object (get event.which, then convert it to actual value)
• use a variable like I mentioned in the original advice and concatenate the new input to it

Here is a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/HpXuU/13/

This is obviously not a perfect solution, as it needs some (one might argue unnecessary) work to get done right. I would advise to rethink your needs, but if this behavior is absolutely what you need, I think this is a step in the right direction.