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jQuery effects

The 'event.which' property returns which key on the keyboard or mouse button was pressed.

event.which

Display which key was pressed (ASCII value):

Example

$("input").keydown(function(event){　
　　$("div").text("Key:  ");　+　event.which);
});

Display which key was pressed:

Example

$("input").keydown(function(event){　
　　$("div").append(String.fromCharCode(event.which));
});

Check if the space key was pressed within the <input> field:

Example

$("input").keydown(function(event){　
　　if(event.which ===　32{
$("div").text("You pressed'SPACE#39;　Space key");
　　}
});

Display which mouse button was pressed:

Example

$("div").mousedown(function(event){　
　　$(this).append("<br>Mouse button pressed:  ");　+　event.which);
});

parameter	description
event	Theeventparameter comes from the event binding feature