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HTML

<form id="search" class="search"><input class="searchTerm" placeholder="Filter Books..."><input class="searchButton" type="submit"></form>

 <div id="status"></div>

JavaScript

$('.searchTerm').keyup(function (e) {

    $("#status").text("");


if (e.ctrlKey) {
    if (e.keyCode == 65 || e.keyCode == 97) { // 'A' or 'a'
console.log("controll pressed");
      e.preventDefault(); 
 return false;
    }
  }

    $("#status").text("This should not work if cntrl+a is pressed");

});