javascript - Disable Internet Explorer shortcut keys

Question

EDIT: After waited a while and didn't get anything yet, I've decided to do shortcut disable thingy only for IE now. Is there a possibility to disable IE shortcut keys to access menus/print etc. via vbscript?

Is it possible to disable browser shortkeys?

Because many of them are using in application. For instance, Ctrl+p is using and I don't want browser to popup the print window.

Answer 1

Yes, you can listen for the various key combinations with javascript and disable the default behaviors. There's even a library that you can use and test here. I just tested it using google chrome and firefox in their demo textarea, and it works as you want.

shortcut.add("Ctrl+P",function() {
    return;
});

This works in the browsers that I listed above, but IE will not allow you to override the default behavior in some cases.

Your only option in IE is to disable the Ctrl key entirely with something like:

document.onkeydown = function () { 
  if (event.keyCode == 17) alert('Ctrl Key is disabled'); 
};

Which is not ideal and probably not what you want, but it will work.