For some strange reasons I can't capture Ctrl+Alt+Arrow key bination inside textarea. Is it some sort of system hotkey that is getting swallowed by Windows? Ctrl+Alt+Any Letter and Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow are getting captured fine.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("textarea").bind("keydown", function(event) {
        console.log(event);
        if(event.altKey && event.ctrlKey && event.which == 38) {
            console.log("ctrl+alt+up"); //never triggered
        }
    });
});

When Ctrl+Alt+Any Letter is pressed I see all 3 events in console. When Ctrl+Alt+Arrow is pressed I see only 2 events (for Ctrl and Alt).

Any ideas?

For some strange reasons I can't capture Ctrl+Alt+Arrow key bination inside textarea. Is it some sort of system hotkey that is getting swallowed by Windows? Ctrl+Alt+Any Letter and Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow are getting captured fine.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("textarea").bind("keydown", function(event) {
        console.log(event);
        if(event.altKey && event.ctrlKey && event.which == 38) {
            console.log("ctrl+alt+up"); //never triggered
        }
    });
});

When Ctrl+Alt+Any Letter is pressed I see all 3 events in console. When Ctrl+Alt+Arrow is pressed I see only 2 events (for Ctrl and Alt).

Any ideas?

• javascript
• jquery
• jquery-events

Share Improve this question Follow edited Jan 27, 2022 at 18:17 Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 5,8937272 gold badges6161 silver badges133133 bronze badges asked Aug 10, 2010 at 20:22 sergserg 111k7878 gold badges325325 silver badges337337 bronze badges 4

• 3 My God. Ctrl+Alt+Arrow rotates my entire screen in the direction of the arrow key pressed. How did I not know about this awesomeness??? – MooGoo Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 20:43
• @MooGoo which OS? I don't see anything like that on Vista. – serg Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 20:47
• Vista. Though it may be something to do with the Lenovo bloatware on it. – MooGoo Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 21:06
• 1 I think ATI graphic cards had such app that allowed to rotate the screen – Jarek Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 21:13

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I've just checked your code and everything works just fine in IE8, Firefox and Chrome. What browser are you using?

Have you tried using jquery hotkeys plugin ?