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();
    }
});

修正的erikkallen回答:

$(document).unbind('keydown').bind('keydown', function (event) {

    var doPrevent = false, elem;

    if (event.keyCode === 8) {
        elem = event.srcElement || event.target;
        if( $(elem).is(':input') ) {
            doPrevent = elem.readOnly || elem.disabled;
        } else {
            doPrevent = true;
        }
    }

    if (doPrevent) {
        event.preventDefault();
        return false;
    }
});

我创建了一个NPM项目，使用了目前被接受的(erikkallen)的干净版本

https://github.com/slorber/backspace-disabler

它使用了基本相同的原理，但是:

不依赖 支持知足 更具可读性/可维护性的代码库 当我的公司在生产中使用它时是否会得到支持 麻省理工学院的许可

var Backspace = 8;

// See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12949590/how-to-detach-event-in-ie-6-7-8-9-using-javascript
function addHandler(element, type, handler) {
    if (element.addEventListener) {
        element.addEventListener(type, handler, false);
    } else if (element.attachEvent) {
        element.attachEvent("on" + type, handler);
    } else {
        element["on" + type] = handler;
    }
}
function removeHandler(element, type, handler) {
    if (element.removeEventListener) {
        element.removeEventListener(type, handler, false);
    } else if (element.detachEvent) {
        element.detachEvent("on" + type, handler);
    } else {
        element["on" + type] = null;
    }
}




// Test wether or not the given node is an active contenteditable,
// or is inside an active contenteditable
function isInActiveContentEditable(node) {
    while (node) {
        if ( node.getAttribute && node.getAttribute("contenteditable") === "true" ) {
            return true;
        }
        node = node.parentNode;
    }
    return false;
}



var ValidInputTypes = ['TEXT','PASSWORD','FILE','EMAIL','SEARCH','DATE'];

function isActiveFormItem(node) {
    var tagName = node.tagName.toUpperCase();
    var isInput = ( tagName === "INPUT" && ValidInputTypes.indexOf(node.type.toUpperCase()) >= 0 );
    var isTextarea = ( tagName === "TEXTAREA" );
    if ( isInput || isTextarea ) {
        var isDisabled = node.readOnly || node.disabled;
        return !isDisabled;
    }
    else if ( isInActiveContentEditable(node) ) {
        return true;
    }
    else {
        return false;
    }
}


// See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1495219/how-can-i-prevent-the-backspace-key-from-navigating-back
function disabler(event) {
    if (event.keyCode === Backspace) {
        var node = event.srcElement || event.target;
        // We don't want to disable the ability to delete content in form inputs and contenteditables
        if ( isActiveFormItem(node) ) {
            // Do nothing
        }
        // But in any other cases we prevent the default behavior that triggers a browser backward navigation
        else {
            event.preventDefault();
        }
    }
}


/**
 * By default the browser issues a back nav when the focus is not on a form input / textarea
 * But users often press back without focus, and they loose all their form data :(
 *
 * Use this if you want the backspace to never trigger a browser back
 */
exports.disable = function(el) {
    addHandler(el || document,"keydown",disabler);
};

/**
 * Reenable the browser backs
 */
exports.enable = function(el) {
    removeHandler(el || document,"keydown",disabler);
};

这里的其他答案已经确定，如果没有允许退格的白名单元素，就不能做到这一点。这种解决方案并不理想，因为白名单不像仅仅是文本区域和文本/密码输入那样简单，而且经常被发现是不完整的，需要更新。

However, since the purpose of suppressing the backspace functionality is merely to prevent users from accidentally losing data, the beforeunload solution is a good one because the modal popup is surprising--modal popups are bad when they are triggered as part of a standard workflow, because the user gets used to dismissing them without reading them, and they are annoying. In this case, the modal popup would only appear as an alternative to a rare and surprising action, and is therefore acceptable.

问题是onbeforeunload模式不能在用户导航离开页面时弹出(例如单击链接或提交表单时)，而且我们不想开始将特定的onbeforeunload条件列入白名单或黑名单。

对于一个通用的解决方案，折衷的理想组合如下:跟踪是否按下了退格，如果是的话，只弹出onbeforeunload模式。换句话说:

function confirmBackspaceNavigations () {
    // http://stackoverflow.com/a/22949859/2407309
    var backspaceIsPressed = false
    $(document).keydown(function(event){
        if (event.which == 8) {
            backspaceIsPressed = true
        }
    })
    $(document).keyup(function(event){
        if (event.which == 8) {
            backspaceIsPressed = false
        }
    })
    $(window).on('beforeunload', function(){
        if (backspaceIsPressed) {
            backspaceIsPressed = false
            return "Are you sure you want to leave this page?"
        }
    })
} // confirmBackspaceNavigations

这已经在IE7+， FireFox, Chrome, Safari和Opera中进行了测试。只需将这个函数放到global.js中，并从任何您不希望用户意外丢失数据的页面调用它。

注意onbeforeunload模式只能被触发一次，所以如果用户再次按下退格键，该模式将不会再次触发。

注意，这不会触发hashchange事件，但是在这种情况下，您可以使用其他技术来防止用户意外丢失数据。

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')

这段代码适用于所有浏览器，当不在表单元素上时，或者当表单元素被禁用|readOnly时，它会吞下退格键。它也很高效，这在对输入的每个键执行时非常重要。

$(function(){
    /*
     * this swallows backspace keys on any non-input element.
     * stops backspace -> back
     */
    var rx = /INPUT|SELECT|TEXTAREA/i;

    $(document).bind("keydown keypress", function(e){
        if( e.which == 8 ){ // 8 == backspace
            if(!rx.test(e.target.tagName) || e.target.disabled || e.target.readOnly ){
                e.preventDefault();
            }
        }
    });
});