How to know if .keyup() is a character key (jQuery)

Question

How to know if .keyup() is a character key (jQuery)

$(\"input\").keyup(function() {

if (key is a character) { //such as a b A b c 5 3 2 $ # ^ ! ^ * # ...etc         


        

Answer 1

If you only need to exclude out enter, escape and spacebar keys, you can do the following:

$("#text1").keyup(function(event) {
if (event.keyCode != '13' && event.keyCode != '27' && event.keyCode != '32') {
     alert('test');
   }
});

See it actions here.

You can refer to the complete list of keycode here for your further modification.