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jQuery onKeyboardSmashed event Plugin

/ Published in: jQuery

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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(function($){
 $.fn.extend({
 
 	onKeyboardSmashed : function(callbackFunction,options) {
		var defaults = {
			threshold: 3
		};
 
	  var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
 
 
	  return this.each(function() {
 
			var keys_pressed = 0 ;
			$(this).keydown(function(event) {
				keys_pressed++
 
					if( keys_pressed >options.threshold){
						    if(typeof callbackFunction == 'function'){
							  callbackFunction.call(this);
							}
					}
			});
 
			$(this).keyup(function(event) {
				keys_pressed--;
			});
 
	  });
 
	}
 });
})(jQuery);