jquery ctrl+enter as enter in text area

Question

I am trying to reproduce standard instant messenger behavior on TEXT area control: enter works as send button. ctrl+enter as real enter.

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Answer 1

The following will work in all the major browsers, including IE. It will behave exactly as though the enter key had been pressed when you press ctrl-enter:

function MessageTextOnKeyEnter(e) {
    if (e.keyCode == 13) {
        if (e.ctrlKey) {
            var val = this.value;
            if (typeof this.selectionStart == "number" && typeof this.selectionEnd == "number") {
                var start = this.selectionStart;
                this.value = val.slice(0, start) + "\n" + val.slice(this.selectionEnd);
                this.selectionStart = this.selectionEnd = start + 1;
            } else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
                this.focus();
                var range = document.selection.createRange();
                range.text = "\r\n";
                range.collapse(false);
                range.select();
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}