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Created March 23, 2014 08:50
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Stop propagation of the ESC key event when closing a file selection dialog
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esc.html
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
<label for="uploadFile">UPLOAD</label>
<input type="file" id="uploadFile"/>
<script>
$("input[type='file']").on("keyup", function(e) {
if (e.keyCode === 27) this.blur(), e.stopPropagation();
});
$(document).on("keyup", function(e) {
// The active element (i.e. focused) should be the <body> element
if (e.keyCode === 27) console.log(document.activeElement);
});
</script>
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Works Great ! 👍

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