jQuery's 'keypress' doesn't work for some keys in Chrome. How to work around?

Question

I\'m trying to implement key-press functionality which will remove a div when the user hits Esc. This works for Firefox & IE with the following code:

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Answer 1

For ESC key:

$(document).keydown(function(e) {
  if(e.keyCode == 27) { /* Run code */ }
}

For letter keys, like 'L':

$(document).keypress(function(e) {
  if(e.which == 108) { }
});

Works in both Chrome and Firefox