FIND THE KEYCODE OF KEYBOARD KEY PRESSED

gistfile1.js

(function($) {
	/* get key code */
	function getKeyCode(key) {
		//return the key code
		return (key == null) ? event.keyCode : key.keyCode;
	}

	/* get key character */
	function getKey(key) {
		//return the key
		return String.fromCharCode(getKeyCode(key)).toLowerCase();
	}

	$(document).ready(function() {
		$(document).keydown(function(eventObj) {
			/* display the key and character code for the key you pressed */
			alert("Key pressed: " + getKey(eventObj) + " Code = " + getKeyCode(eventObj));
		});
	});

})(jQuery);