JS keydown keyup keypress event doesn't work on IOS8 when using third party IME

Question

$(window).keypress(function(event) {
  alert(event.which);
}

On IOS 7, this works when using system default IME, but doesn't work when using third party IME. It seems the third party IME doesn't send keydown/keyup/keypress event.

Any workaround to monitor an Enter key pressed?

P.S. This issue is similar to iOS 8 3rd party keyboards don't register javascript/jQuery keyup, keypress, keydown etc, but any workaround to monitor 'Enter' key pressed event?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18985117/onkeyup-event-in-safari-on-ios7-from-a-bluetooth-keyboard This seems to be similar to your problem. Perhaps you may try to use the .onkeypress event instead. — briosheje, Mar 09 '15 at 15:36
this is different, the key press event is not triggered when using third party IME in IOS, but it works fine with system default IME — bydsky, Mar 09 '15 at 15:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '15 at 02:39

I figure out a workaround

  $("#textarea").on('input propertychange paste',function(e){
    var input = e.currentTarget.value;
    if(input[input.lenght -1] == '\n') {
      //do something
    }
  })

Use textarea replace input
Add 'input propertychange paste' listener on textarea
check if Enter is the last character of the textarea value

JS keydown keyup keypress event doesn't work on IOS8 when using third party IME

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