Fill text box through keyboard events javascript [duplicate] - javascript

On the Definitive Trigger Keypress jQuery thread there is no working JSFiddle for the answer, and the code that is there doesn't work for me.
$("button").click(function () {
$("input").focus();
var e = jQuery.Event("keydown");
e.which = 77; // # Some key code value
$("input").trigger(e);
})
There's my code and here's my fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/Z8adb/
On click, an M should appear in the input, as the input is given focus and having a keydown with the keyCode of 77 ("m") triggered on it.
Any ideas?
EDIT: My true purpose for this is to trigger an "m" hotkey on a Sublime Video in order to mute the video programmatically. This was my first step to ensure I was firing the "m" key properly, which I am with the help of Stack Overflow. However, I'm still not able to get an event to fire programmatically on the video. I think this is just a problem with Sublime Video, but I'm not sure, and anyone's views on forcing keypresses and clicks would be awesome to hear.

Using trigger you are just triggering the event with a keycode but not assigning the value to the textbox. Try this :- http://jsfiddle.net/PbHD2/
String.fromCharCode
$("button").click(function() {
$("input").focus();
var e = jQuery.Event("keydown");
e.which = 77; // # Some key code value
$("input").val(String.fromCharCode(e.which));
$("input").trigger(e);
});
$('input').keydown(function(e){
console.log('Yes keydown triggered. ' + e.which)
});

SublimeVideo is a HTML5 player, correct. If so, you can mute it by using a property, right?
$("video#yourVideoTagId").prop("muted", true);

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I have a button that is enabled or disabled if, respectively, there is or is not text inside an input, as shown in the code snippet below:
var input = document.getElementById('myInput');
var btn = document.getElementById('myButton');
$(input).on('keyup', function(){
if((input.value != null) && (input.value != ''))
$(btn).removeClass('btnDisabled');
else
$(btn).addClass('btnDisabled');
});
Using keyup event it is working good in my aplication on an smarthphone with Android 6.0.1. But for some reason, on an tablet with Android 4.4.2 if backspace key are pressed till the begin of input, erasing all the text value, the button is still enabled.
I researched this problem but I'm still not sure if the WebView version interferes with this. I think so.
I used other code snippets to see if the event is triggered by the "backspace" button, as shown below:
$(input).on('keydown', function(event){ //I tried keyup, keydown and keypress
var key = event.keyCode || event.charCode;
console.log("keydown " + key, "length " + input.value.length);
//if(key == 8 && input.value.length == 1) $(btn).addClass('btnDisabled');
});
With this test I saw that the backspace does not trigger the event and the variable key is always equal to 0.
I need to disable the button when input is empty. Where am I going wrong?
Right now, I thank those who help! :D
There is another event that you can use: input
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/input
The DOM input event is fired synchronously when the value of an <input>, <select>, or <textarea> element is changed.
In this case, change
$(input).on('keydown',
to
$(input).on('input',
See also: https://caniuse.com/#search=input

Need to assign an event listener to the tab key using keycodes in JavaScript?

I have currently an eventlistener listening for when a user enters an email address in a textbox on an html website. It then displays an alert when it detects an email address is being entered. Currently I have set it up whereby it detects the event blur then checks whether it meets the regex then an alert will display. This creates many alerts and is not very accurate as the alert
I need the eventlistener to listen for when the tab key specifically is pressed. I know I need to use KeyCodes but have not used them before. This eventlistener is currently working dynamically as it is a Firefox AddOn that scans a webpage so the eventlistener is not specifically attached to a specific input box.
Code:
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var inputFields = vrs_getWin.document.getElementsByTagName("input");
for(inputC=0; inputC < inputFields.length; inputC++) {
var elementT = inputFields[inputC].getAttribute("id");
inputFields[inputC].addEventListener("blur", function(){
var emailPattern = /(\w[-._\w]*\w#\w[-._\w]*\w\.\w{2,3})/g;
var resultEmail = emailPattern.test(vrs_getWin.document.getElementById(elementT).value);
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I think from a UX stand point, I would not recommend using a javascript alert to notify the user of a problem, especially if you want the notification to happen when they have completed a single form input. The blur event would be my recommendation, and use some other visual cue to notify the user.
But, if you want to go with the tab key, the event your looking for is 'keydown', or 'keyup'. To use it you listen for the keydown event then check if the event.keyCode == '9'. (tab key)
document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e){
if( e.keyCode == '9' ){
alert('You pressed the tab key.');
}
}, false);
To get the keycodes of keys I like to pop open a console and type in:
document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e){
console.log( e.keyCode );
}, false);
Then when you press a key, it will output the keycode for that key.

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Using jQuery, how can I simulate (trigger?) a KeyPress when a link is clicked? For example, when a user clicks the following link:
<a id="clickforspace" href="#">Click Here</a>
Then, by clicking the link, it would be as if they pressed the "spacebar" on their keyboard.
Something like this, I'm assuming:
$("#clickforspace").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
//... Some type of code here to initiate "spacebar" //
});
Any ideas on how to achieve this?
I believe this is what you're looking for:
var press = jQuery.Event("keypress");
press.ctrlKey = false;
press.which = 40;
$("whatever").trigger(press);
From here.
Another option:
$(el).trigger({type: 'keypress', which: 13, keyCode: 13});
http://api.jquery.com/trigger/
The keypress event from jQuery is meant to do this sort of work. You can trigger the event by passing a string "keypress" to .trigger(). However to be more specific you can actually pass a jQuery.Event object (specify the type as "keypress") as well and provide any properties you want such as the keycode being the spacebar.
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/trigger#eventdata
Read the above documentation for more details.
You could try this SendKeys jQuery plugin:
http://bililite.com/blog/2011/01/23/improved-sendkeys/
$(element).sendkeys(string) inserts string at the insertion point in
an input, textarea or other element with contenteditable=true. If the
insertion point is not currently in the element, it remembers where
the insertion point was when sendkeys was last called (if the
insertion point was never in the element, it appends to the end).
This works:
var event = jQuery.Event('keypress');
event.which = 13;
event.keyCode = 13; //keycode to trigger this for simulating enter
jQuery(this).trigger(event);

jQuery 'event not defined' error on simulated key press

I am currently trying to use jQuery to enter a selection from a dropdown into a text box, simulate a click to select it, press return, wait for some processing and then press return again. It's quite a nasty way of getting what I need but it's the only way I can see at the moment. Here is the code:
$('#fav').change(function()
{
$('#contract_input').val($('#fav').val());
$('#contract_input').trigger('click');
e = jQuery.Event("keypress");
e.which = 13;
$('#contract_input').trigger(e).delay(500).trigger(e);
}
The issue I am having is that IE8 is giving an error on the page:
'Event' is not defined
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Any ideas?
Consider using keydown instead of keypress and in IE you could try setting e.keyCode instead of e.which.
e.g.
e = jQuery.Event("keydown");
e.keyCode = 13;
$('#contract_input').trigger(e).delay(500).trigger(e);
Edit again:
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Should be used instead
http://api.jquery.com/keypress/

Simulate Keypress With jQuery

Using jQuery, how can I simulate (trigger?) a KeyPress when a link is clicked? For example, when a user clicks the following link:
<a id="clickforspace" href="#">Click Here</a>
Then, by clicking the link, it would be as if they pressed the "spacebar" on their keyboard.
Something like this, I'm assuming:
$("#clickforspace").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
//... Some type of code here to initiate "spacebar" //
});
Any ideas on how to achieve this?
I believe this is what you're looking for:
var press = jQuery.Event("keypress");
press.ctrlKey = false;
press.which = 40;
$("whatever").trigger(press);
From here.
Another option:
$(el).trigger({type: 'keypress', which: 13, keyCode: 13});
http://api.jquery.com/trigger/
The keypress event from jQuery is meant to do this sort of work. You can trigger the event by passing a string "keypress" to .trigger(). However to be more specific you can actually pass a jQuery.Event object (specify the type as "keypress") as well and provide any properties you want such as the keycode being the spacebar.
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/trigger#eventdata
Read the above documentation for more details.
You could try this SendKeys jQuery plugin:
http://bililite.com/blog/2011/01/23/improved-sendkeys/
$(element).sendkeys(string) inserts string at the insertion point in
an input, textarea or other element with contenteditable=true. If the
insertion point is not currently in the element, it remembers where
the insertion point was when sendkeys was last called (if the
insertion point was never in the element, it appends to the end).
This works:
var event = jQuery.Event('keypress');
event.which = 13;
event.keyCode = 13; //keycode to trigger this for simulating enter
jQuery(this).trigger(event);

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