In several places of my Angular app I need to clear inputs from user with the ESC key. The problem is, I don't know how to do it with text input fields (textarea is clearing OK). See this fiddle:

[jsFiddle demonstration of the problem](http://jsfiddle.net/aGpNf/188/)

Binding:

```
<input ng-model="search.query" ui-keypress="{esc: 'keyCallback($event)'}" />

```

Callback I use:

```
$scope.keyCallback = function($event) {
  $event.preventDefault();
  $scope.search.query = '';
}

```

Can anyone, please, figure out **what I need to do to clear text input with ESC key**?

**SOLUTION:**
As adviced by [bmleite](https://stackoverflow.com/users/651480/bmleite), you shouldn't listen for 'keypress' but for **'keydown'** and **'keyup'**. Problem was, that 'keydown' does not work in Firefox so only 'keyup' did the magic trick with listening for ESC. ;)

Working fiddle: <http://jsfiddle.net/aGpNf/190/>

**SOLUTION UPDATE:**
In the end I had to listen for both 'keydown' and 'keyup' events. Because in my case FF does reset input field on ESC keydown to previous state, so it messed up my model. So 'keyup' clears the model and 'keydown' checks if model is empty and does appropriate action. I also need to manually defocus input to prevent text popping back in. :/