How to handle ESC keydown on javascript popup window

Question

I have a javascript window.open popup, and I want the popup to close itself when the user presses the ESC key. I can\'t figure out how to hook the keydown event (and on wha

Answer 1

It is possible to achieve with JS Without using jQuery.

window.onkeydown = function( event ) {
    if ( event.keyCode == 27 ) {
        console.log( 'escape pressed' );
    }
};