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Javascript - CTRL+Alt+E keydown detection does not work on Firefox 48 and above

At the moment I post this, Firefox is at 49.0.2 version but the bug began to appear since the version 48. I tried a vanilla JS detection, didn't work:

document.addEventListener ("keydown", function (zEvent) {
    if (zEvent.ctrlKey  &&  zEvent.altKey  &&  zEvent.code === "KeyE") {
        alert("CTRL+Alt+E pressed!");
    }
});

I tried Mootools-More detection, didn't work:

var myKeyboard = new Keyboard({
    defaultEventType: 'keydown',
    events: {
        'ctrl+alt+e': toggleTopbar
    }
});
function toggleTopbar() {
    alert("CTRL+Alt+E pressed!");
}
myKeyboard.activate();

Didn't try jQuery though.

Fiddle: Detecting combination keypresses (Control, Alt, Shift)? (credits to Brock Adams)

Side note: Also, in the fiddle above, zEvent.code always returns the english keys even if you are on an AZERTY keyboard (french keyboard). Maybe the bug is only on AZERTY keyboards (who knows), but I didn't have any other keyboards.

What is the right code to make it work on Firefox ?

Solution

  • Now works on version 50.0 of Firefox, a month later.