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Navigate table with arrow keys using jQuery
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$('table.arrow-nav').keydown(function(e){ | |
var $table = $(this); | |
var $active = $('input:focus,select:focus',$table); | |
var $next = null; | |
var focusableQuery = 'input:visible,select:visible,textarea:visible'; | |
var position = parseInt( $active.closest('td').index()) + 1; | |
console.log('position :',position); | |
switch(e.keyCode){ | |
case 37: // <Left> | |
$next = $active.parent('td').prev().find(focusableQuery); | |
break; | |
case 38: // <Up> | |
$next = $active | |
.closest('tr') | |
.prev() | |
.find('td:nth-child(' + position + ')') | |
.find(focusableQuery) | |
; | |
break; | |
case 39: // <Right> | |
$next = $active.closest('td').next().find(focusableQuery); | |
break; | |
case 40: // <Down> | |
$next = $active | |
.closest('tr') | |
.next() | |
.find('td:nth-child(' + position + ')') | |
.find(focusableQuery) | |
; | |
break; | |
} | |
if($next && $next.length) | |
{ | |
$next.focus(); | |
} | |
}); |
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