Triggering Ctrl S or Ctrl P via a button

jquery triggers key keypress ctrl
Alcatraz picture Alcatraz · Jul 24, 2011 · Viewed 12.5k times · Source

Ok now I am aware that you can listen to keypresses (keydowns keyups etc...) but I would like to TRIGGER a keypress. Like as if the user presses CTRL+S to save.

Short question is, is it possible to use Jquery to trigger 2 key presses at the same time? I have been trying to look this up but all the stuff I found was talking about capturing key presses and not triggering them especially 2 key presses at the same time.

Any ideas how this can be accomplished? If you could lead me to the right track it would be much appreciated.

Answer

SLaks picture SLaks · Jul 24, 2011

If you want to trigger your own handler code, you should just put that code in a separate function and call the function normally.

If you want to trigger the browser's default functionality, you should give up; that is impossible for security reasons. (Although you may be interested in window.print())

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