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jQuery Ctrl Enter in Textarea

Learn how jQuery Check Ctrl Enter in Textarea


jQuery Ctrl Enter in Textarea

You can use the event.ctrlKey flag to see if the Ctrl key is pressed, something like this:

Example-1


$('#textareaId').keydown(function (e) {

  if ((e.keyCode == 10 || e.keyCode == 13) && e.ctrlKey)P{
      // Ctrl-Enter pressed
  }

});

Example-1 work Using MAC


$('#textareaId').keydown(function (e) {

  if ((e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && (e.keyCode == 13 || e.keyCode == 10)) {
    // do something
}

});

Example-2 using JavaScript


<textarea id="content1" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea>
<p id="result"></p>

<script>
    let content1 = document.querySelector('#content1');
    content1.addEventListener('click', logKey);

    function logKey(event) {
    
    result.textContent = 'The ctrl key is pressed: '+event.ctrlKey;
    }
</script>
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