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jQuery onKeyboardSmashed event Plugin

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This jQuery plugin can be used to detect when the user smashes their keyboard.

You can set a threshold as to how many keys need to be depressed in order to trigger the event.

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  1. (function($){
  2.  $.fn.extend({
  3.  
  4.  	onKeyboardSmashed : function(callbackFunction,options) {
  5. 		var defaults = {
  6. 			threshold: 3
  7. 		};
  8.  
  9. 	  var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
  10.  
  11.  
  12. 	  return this.each(function() {
  13.  
  14. 			var keys_pressed = 0 ;
  15. 			$(this).keydown(function(event) {
  16. 				keys_pressed++
  17.  
  18. 					if( keys_pressed >options.threshold){
  19. 						    if(typeof callbackFunction == 'function'){
  20. 							  callbackFunction.call(this);
  21. 							}
  22. 					}
  23. 			});
  24.  
  25. 			$(this).keyup(function(event) {
  26. 				keys_pressed--;
  27. 			});
  28.  
  29. 	  });
  30.  
  31. 	}
  32.  });
  33. })(jQuery);

URL: http://adamcoulombe.info/lab/jquery/onkeyboardsmashed/

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