I know there are similar questions on stackoverflow, but none of them I think has working solution. So when you type key UP or Down when you have focus on an HTML input field, the cursor automatically moves to the front/end of the input value.

(You can check this with the Top-right Search box on the stackoverflow site).

I want to remove this!!

I tried the following code, but didn't work:

$(document).on("keydown", "#input_field", function(event) {
    if(event.which==38 || event.which==40){
        event.preventDefault();
    }
});

Any solution for this..?

I know there are similar questions on stackoverflow, but none of them I think has working solution. So when you type key UP or Down when you have focus on an HTML input field, the cursor automatically moves to the front/end of the input value.

(You can check this with the Top-right Search box on the stackoverflow site).

I want to remove this!!

I tried the following code, but didn't work:

$(document).on("keydown", "#input_field", function(event) {
    if(event.which==38 || event.which==40){
        event.preventDefault();
    }
});

Any solution for this..?

• javascript
• jquery

• 1 why do you want to do that? – Swaroop Nagendra Commented Aug 17, 2013 at 16:27
• @SwaroopNagendra I'm writing a browser game that makes use of the arrow keys. Preventing the default browser behaviour is crucial... for example. – Foxinni Commented Jan 21, 2014 at 8:28
• Did the answer solve the issue? – MasterAM Commented Oct 12, 2016 at 11:48

1 Answer 1

I don't see the point in preventing a fairly useful behavior, but this works for me with the SO search box:

$(document).on("keydown keyup", "#search input", function(event) { 
    if(event.which==38 || event.which==40){
        event.preventDefault();
    }
});

This code targets both keyup and keydown events.