Execute keyboard shortcut with jquery

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Is it possible to execute a keyboard shortcut with jquery. Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I which opens Google Chrome Inspect Element. Tried: http://jsfiddle.net/r80nLhku/1/

did you try http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/event_keypress.asp ? — ImAtWar, Aug 07 '15 at 18:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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You can't send arbitrary key presses to the window from JavaScript... It's a security issue. This would mean you could force any user to literally go to any site (and worse, ie. control their computer).

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Aug 07 '15 at 18:36

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thanks for the info. But what about with an extension? Can you help? – Mamun Sardar Aug 07 '15 at 18:38
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8668192/programmatically-triggering-ctrls for a very similar question. What do you mean by extension? A Chrome extension? – Shadowen Aug 07 '15 at 18:40
Yes with chrome extension. – Mamun Sardar Aug 07 '15 at 18:40
Why would you ever want to do that instead of just hitting the hotkey yourself? – Shadowen Aug 07 '15 at 19:07

Execute keyboard shortcut with jquery

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