How to send Escape key using JQuery

Question

When user clicks some button on my MVC view, I want to simulate the event that gets executed on Escape key. How can I achieve it using JQuery?

Answer 1

function pressEsc() {
    $('body').trigger({
        type: 'keyup',
        which: 27 // Escape key
    });
}

$(function () {
    $('body').on('keyup', function (e) {
        alert(e.which + ' key was pressed');
    });

    // Press the escape key
    pressEsc();
});

Demo : http://jsfiddle.net/T4H89/