How can I disabling backspace key press on all browsers?

Question

I\'m trying to disable the backspace button on an order page in all cases except when a textarea or text input is an active element to prevent users from accidentally backin

Answer 1

Instead of keypress, try the keydown function, it will fire before the actual browser based hook. Also, putting in a preventDefault() function will assist in this. IE :

$(document).keydown(function(e){
   e.preventDefault();
   alert(e.keyCode);
});

Hope this helps.