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Cathyk

I'm a novice when it comes to javascript and am trying to get the escape key to exit site quickly, following the http://css-tricks.com/website-escape/ post and using the script. Everything is working except the following code:

$(document).keyup(function(e) { if (e.keyCode == 27) { // escape key getAway();

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks! Cathy

chrisburton

@Cathyk Hi. I'm not that familiar with Javascript either but do you have a link to your site so I can see if the console is throwing an error?

Cathyk

I have a testing site at http://visualsgd.net/Testing/TurnAround/index.html

JohnMotylJr

@Cathyk : First, if you plan on using jQuery then you need to reference it locally or through a cdn. Add this:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>

I slightly modified your code as well as included an example.

function getAway() {
  window.open('http://omg.yahoo.com/news/','_newtab');
  window.location.replace('http://omg.yahoo.com/news/');
}

$(document).keyup(function(e) {
    if (e.which === 27) {
        getAway();
    }
});

jsFiddle because CodePen was being a weirdo. I hope this helps.

Cathyk

@John: THANK YOU! As I stated, I'm a novice & didn't have the link for jQuery. Once I placed that in the file, it works!

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