Trigger focus = false with jquery.hotkeys on input[type=text]

Question

Is there anyway to dynamically unfocus (focus = false) a textbox or textarea element?

I tried triggering .blur and .focusut but those only apply when it is focused out. It won't trigger a focus out event.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

$(document).bind('keydown', 'ctrl+1', function() {
  alert("hotkey triggered");
  if ( $(".txtbox").is(":focus") ) {
    $(".txtbox").trigger('focusout');
  }
});

user:747579 did this with jquery plugin, have a look at :[stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/a/15495327/2922310) — Engin Üstün, Aug 05 '14 at 22:01
Looks like I'm gonna have to change libraries. This works fine compared to the other one. - http://liveweave.com/J8Xdc6 Gracias — Michael Schwartz, Aug 05 '14 at 22:15

meni181818 · Answer 1 · 2014-08-05T22:16:12.790

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just use:

$('.txtbox').blur();

to set the focus use: .focus()

or detect the keyCode:

$('input').on('keydown', function(e) {
    if(e.ctrlKey && e.keyCode == 81) { // if Ctrl+Q (dont use Ctrl+1, in chrome its jump to tab 1)
        $(this).blur();
    }
});

http://jsfiddle.net/99SP4/2/

edited Aug 05 '14 at 22:16

answered Aug 05 '14 at 22:06

meni181818

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I already tried this as stated in my original post, and it does not seem to work with the jquery.hotkeys library I'm using. – Michael Schwartz Aug 05 '14 at 22:11
@mikethedj4, see my update. list of keyCodes here: http://www.cambiaresearch.com/articles/15/javascript-char-codes-key-codes – meni181818 Aug 05 '14 at 22:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '14 at 00:29

I had to use the shortcut.js Javascript library by Binny V A.

What's great about this library is you can use a key combination like CTRL+T (which in most web browsers is a native hotkey to make a new tab. This script will allow you to use your custom hotkey function and will not call the browser's custom hotkey.

shortcut.add("Ctrl+N", function() {
  alert("Called new document");
});

Here's the new revised fiddle: http://liveweave.com/GWjbUc

Trigger focus = false with jquery.hotkeys on input[type=text]

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