How to detect that Ctrl+R was pressed?

Question

I\'m coding a function in jquery that executes if Ctrl+R is pressed but I can\'t seem to find out what the left and right ctrl keycodes are... Can some

Answer 1

You have to use the keydown function to trap Ctrl characters. Here is my implementation of Ctrl+A:

    $(document).keydown(function(e) {
        if (e.keyCode == 65 && e.ctrlKey) {
            alert('ctrl A');
        }
    });

Ctrl-R is tougher because in most browsers, that is Reload Page, which means the javascript doesn't run, the page is refreshed.

Just a note as well, the keyCode value are different in the keydown/keyupup functions than in the keypress functions.

EDIT: Removed ctrl variable, forgot about ctrlKey