为了稍微详细说明@erikkallen的精彩回答，这里有一个允许所有基于键盘的输入类型的函数，包括HTML5中引入的那些:

$(document).unbind('keydown').bind('keydown', function (event) {
    var doPrevent = false;
    var INPUTTYPES = [
        "text", "password", "file", "date", "datetime", "datetime-local",
        "month", "week", "time", "email", "number", "range", "search", "tel",
        "url"];
    var TEXTRE = new RegExp("^" + INPUTTYPES.join("|") + "$", "i");
    if (event.keyCode === 8) {
        var d = event.srcElement || event.target;
        if ((d.tagName.toUpperCase() === 'INPUT' && d.type.match(TEXTRE)) ||
             d.tagName.toUpperCase() === 'TEXTAREA') {
            doPrevent = d.readOnly || d.disabled;
        } else {
            doPrevent = true;
        }
    }
    if (doPrevent) {
        event.preventDefault();
    }
});

这个解决方案与其他已经发布的解决方案类似，但它使用了一个简单的白名单，使其易于定制，只需在.is()函数中设置选择器，就可以允许在指定元素中使用退格。

我在这个表单中使用它来防止页面上的退格符返回:

$(document).on("keydown", function (e) {
    if (e.which === 8 && !$(e.target).is("input:not([readonly]), textarea")) {
        e.preventDefault();
    }
});

另一个使用jquery的方法

    <script type="text/javascript">

    //set this variable according to the need within the page
    var BACKSPACE_NAV_DISABLED = true;

    function fnPreventBackspace(event){if (BACKSPACE_NAV_DISABLED && event.keyCode == 8) {return false;}}
    function fnPreventBackspacePropagation(event){if(BACKSPACE_NAV_DISABLED && event.keyCode == 8){event.stopPropagation();}return true;}

    $(document).ready(function(){ 
        if(BACKSPACE_NAV_DISABLED){
            //for IE use keydown, for Mozilla keypress  
            //as described in scr: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/scripting/PreventDropdownBackSpace.aspx
            $(document).keypress(fnPreventBackspace);
            $(document).keydown(fnPreventBackspace);

            //Allow Backspace is the following controls 
            var jCtrl = null;
            jCtrl = $('input[type="text"]');
            jCtrl.keypress(fnPreventBackspacePropagation);
            jCtrl.keydown(fnPreventBackspacePropagation);

            jCtrl = $('input[type="password"]');
            jCtrl.keypress(fnPreventBackspacePropagation);
            jCtrl.keydown(fnPreventBackspacePropagation);

            jCtrl = $('textarea');
            jCtrl.keypress(fnPreventBackspacePropagation);
            jCtrl.keydown(fnPreventBackspacePropagation);

            //disable backspace for readonly and disabled
            jCtrl = $('input[type="text"][readonly="readonly"]')
            jCtrl.keypress(fnPreventBackspace);
            jCtrl.keydown(fnPreventBackspace);

            jCtrl = $('input[type="text"][disabled="disabled"]')
            jCtrl.keypress(fnPreventBackspace);
            jCtrl.keydown(fnPreventBackspace);
        }
    }); 

    </script>

一个更优雅/简洁的解决方案:

$(document).on('keydown',function(e){
  var $target = $(e.target||e.srcElement);
  if(e.keyCode == 8 && !$target.is('input,[contenteditable="true"],textarea'))
  {
    e.preventDefault();
  }
})

JavaScript - jQuery方式:

$(document).on("keydown", function (e) {
    if (e.which === 8 && !$(e.target).is("input, textarea")) {
        e.preventDefault();
    }
});

Javascript -本地的方式，这为我工作:

<script type="text/javascript">

//on backspace down + optional callback
function onBackspace(e, callback){
    var key;
    if(typeof e.keyIdentifier !== "undefined"){
        key = e.keyIdentifier;

    }else if(typeof e.keyCode !== "undefined"){
        key = e.keyCode;
    }
    if (key === 'U+0008' || 
        key === 'Backspace' || 
        key === 8) {
                    if(typeof callback === "function"){
                callback();
            }
            return true;
        }
    return false;
}

//event listener
window.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {

    switch(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase()){
        case "input":
        case "textarea":
        break;
        case "body":
            onBackspace(e,function(){
                e.preventDefault();
            });

        break;
    }
}, true);
</script>

一个更简洁的解决方案是

$(document).on('keydown', function (e) {
    var key = e == null ? event.keyCode : e.keyCode;
    if(key == 8 && $(document.activeElement.is(':not(:input)')))   //select, textarea
      e.preventDefault();
});

或者，您只能检查if

$(document.activeElement).is('body')