iOS 9 - keyup event not firing

Question

Is anybody else having problems with the keyup event in iOS 9 not firing?

Just a simple test bed replicates the issue for me.

<input id="txtInput" />

Vanilla JS:

document.getElementById('txtInput').onkeyup = function () {
    console.log('keyup triggered');
}

jQuery:

$('#txtInput').on('keyup', function () {
    console.log('keyup triggered');
});

Neither fire...

Answer 1

I suggest using the keypress event on browsers with touch screens. I know that you can't really detect touch screen screens , though, so it leaves you with a few options that your situation will likely dictate.

1. Attach both events keyup and keypress . This would likely be dependent on how much processing is going on and if you are getting double-fires in some browsers.
2. Attempt to determine whether the browser is a touch screen (like using Modernizr ), and then attach a fallback handler like change .

Either way, you end up with two event listeners.

Answer 2

$('#yourid').bind('keypress', function(e) {
    // This will work
});

Answer 3

It's not pretty, but a work around is to bind to keydown to capture which key has been pressed, and input if you want to obtain the value, including the key typed:

(function () {
    var keyCode;

    $('#txtInput')
        .on('keydown', function (e) {
            // value not updated yet
            keyCode = e.keyCode;

            // Enter key does not trigger 'input' events; manually trigger it
            if (e.keyCode === 13) $(this).trigger('input');
        })
        .on('input', function (e) {
            console.log(keyCode, this.value);
        });
}());

If you type 'a' the following occurs:

1. keydown fires.
2. e.keyCode is set to the ASCII value of the key pressed.
3. this.value is '' (ie the same before 'a' has been typed).
4. input fires.
5. e.keyCode is undefined .
6. this.value is 'a' .

You can also manually trigger an input event if the enter (13) key is pressed; input isn't fired by this key by default.