Trigger a keypress with jQuery…and specify which key was pressed

Question

I would like to have an input element (type=text) or textarea element that validates dynamically by triggering specific keystrokes. This will be used for Chinese pinyin inp

Answer 1

Also, for simple code controlling the "caret" in a cross-browser way this could be useful:

http://javascript.nwbox.com/cursor_position/

a bit late with the answer but I am sure you will still find this old stuff useful.