Pastable version of Handling Keyboard Shortcuts in JavaScript

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 <pre class="sunburst">/**
 * http://www.openjs.com/scripts/events/keyboard_shortcuts/
 * Version : 2.01.B
 * By Binny V A
 * License : BSD
 */
shortcut = {
	'all_shortcuts':{},//All the shortcuts are stored in this array
	'add': function(shortcut_combination,callback,opt) {
		//Provide a set of default options
		var default_options = {
			'type':'keydown',
			'propagate':false,
			'disable_in_input':false,
			'target':document,
			'keycode':false
		}
		if(!opt) opt = default_options;
		else {
			for(var dfo in default_options) {
				if(typeof opt[dfo] == 'undefined') opt[dfo] = default_options[dfo];
			}
		}

var ele = opt.target
		if(typeof opt.target == 'string') ele = document.getElementById(opt.target);
		var ths = this;
		shortcut_combination = shortcut_combination.toLowerCase();

//The function to be called at keypress
		var func = function(e) {
			e = e || window.event;
			
			if(opt['disable_in_input']) { //Don't enable shortcut keys in Input, Textarea fields
				var element;
				if(e.target) element=e.target;
				else if(e.srcElement) element=e.srcElement;
				if(element.nodeType==3) element=element.parentNode;

if(element.tagName == 'INPUT' || element.tagName == 'TEXTAREA') return;
			}
	
			//Find Which key is pressed
			if (e.keyCode) code = e.keyCode;
			else if (e.which) code = e.which;
			var character = String.fromCharCode(code);
			
			if(code == 188) character=&quot;,&quot;; //If the user presses , when the type is onkeydown
			if(code == 190) character=&quot;.&quot;; //If the user presses , when the type is onkeydown

} else if(k == 'alt') {
					kp++;
					modifiers.alt.wanted = true;
				} else if(k == 'meta') {
					kp++;
					modifiers.meta.wanted = true;
				} else if(k.length &gt; 1) { //If it is a special key
					if(special_keys[k] == code) kp++;
					
				} else if(opt['keycode']) {
					if(opt['keycode'] == code) kp++;

} else { //The special keys did not match
					if(character == k) kp++;
					else {
						if(shift_nums[character] &amp;&amp; e.shiftKey) { //Stupid Shift key bug created by using lowercase
							character = shift_nums[character]; 
							if(character == k) kp++;
						}
					}
				}
			}
			
			if(kp == keys.length &amp;&amp; 
						modifiers.ctrl.pressed == modifiers.ctrl.wanted &amp;&amp;
						modifiers.shift.pressed == modifiers.shift.wanted &amp;&amp;
						modifiers.alt.pressed == modifiers.alt.wanted &amp;&amp;
						modifiers.meta.pressed == modifiers.meta.wanted) {
				callback(e);
	
				if(!opt['propagate']) { //Stop the event
					//e.cancelBubble is supported by IE - this will kill the bubbling process.
					e.cancelBubble = true;
					e.returnValue = false;
	
					//e.stopPropagation works in Firefox.
					if (e.stopPropagation) {
						e.stopPropagation();
						e.preventDefault();
					}
					return false;
				}
			}
		}
		this.all_shortcuts[shortcut_combination] = {
			'callback':func, 
			'target':ele, 
			'event': opt['type']
		};
		//Attach the function with the event
		if(ele.addEventListener) ele.addEventListener(opt['type'], func, false);
		else if(ele.attachEvent) ele.attachEvent('on'+opt['type'], func);
		else ele['on'+opt['type']] = func;
	},

//Remove the shortcut - just specify the shortcut and I will remove the binding
	'remove':function(shortcut_combination) {
		shortcut_combination = shortcut_combination.toLowerCase();
		var binding = this.all_shortcuts[shortcut_combination];
		delete(this.all_shortcuts[shortcut_combination])
		if(!binding) return;
		var type = binding['event'];
		var ele = binding['target'];
		var callback = binding['callback'];

if(ele.detachEvent) ele.detachEvent('on'+type, callback);
		else if(ele.removeEventListener) ele.removeEventListener(type, callback, false);
		else ele['on'+type] = false;
	}
}
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