Is it possible to make JQuery keydown respond faster?

Question

I am writing a simple page with JQuery and HTML5 canvas tags where I move a shape on the canvas by pressing \'w\' for up, \'s\' for down, \'a\' for left, and \'d\' for right

Answer 1

It's not jQuery. You'll find the exact same delay in Notepad.

What you'll have to do is this

var keydown=false;
$(document).on('keydown', function(e){
    if (!keydown) 
    {
        keydown=e.which;
        console.log('start moving and keep moving');
    }
}).on('keyup', function(){
    console.log("stop moving");
    keydown=false;
});​