Text Input box only accepts Backspace - Need assistance fixing it
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I'm building a Jquery/JS filtered data table. I have a search input field that on keypress fires an ajax request and then deals with the subsequent response.

All was working great, until I decided I wanted to include the backspace button press as an additional event, checking whether the field value was less than 1.

It worked fine until I added the second `.on` method that should fire exclusively on a backspace and nothing else.

If anyone asks, the ajaxify_laravel() function works fine and is not a problem in this script.

The result: A text box that will accept nothing other than backspace keypresses. How do I get this working to accept all key presses as normal but to handle backspace seperately? I thought I had it nailed but clearly I don't.

My code:

    $('input[name="search"]').on('keypress', function() 
    {
    		
    	if ($(this).val().length > 1)
    	{    			
    	    var request = {
                'filter' : $(this).attr('name'),
                'value'  : $(this).val()
            }, url = "/admin/user/view";

            ajaxify_laravel(url, request, build_user_html, failure);
        }
    		
        return false;
    		
    }).on('keydown', function(e) {
    		
        if (e.keyCode == 8 && $(this).val().length < 1)
        {
            var request = {
                'filter' : 'reset'
            }, url = "/admin/user/view";
    			
            ajaxify_laravel(url, request, build_user_html, failure);
    
        }
        else
        {
            $('input[name="search"]').trigger('keypress');
        }
    		
    });