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。

结合“toolman”&&“Biff MaGriff”给出的解决方案

下面的代码似乎在IE 8/Mozilla/Chrome中正常工作

$(function () {
    var rx = /INPUT|TEXTAREA/i;
    var rxT = /RADIO|CHECKBOX|SUBMIT/i;

    $(document).bind("keydown keypress", function (e) {
        var preventKeyPress;
        if (e.keyCode == 8) {
            var d = e.srcElement || e.target;
            if (rx.test(e.target.tagName)) {
                var preventPressBasedOnType = false;
                if (d.attributes["type"]) {
                    preventPressBasedOnType = rxT.test(d.attributes["type"].value);
                }
                preventKeyPress = d.readOnly || d.disabled || preventPressBasedOnType;
            } else {preventKeyPress = true;}
        } else { preventKeyPress = false; }

        if (preventKeyPress) e.preventDefault();
    });
}); 

这段代码解决了所有浏览器的问题:

onKeydown:function(e)
{
    if (e.keyCode == 8) 
    {
      var d = e.srcElement || e.target;
      if (!((d.tagName.toUpperCase() == 'BODY') || (d.tagName.toUpperCase() == 'HTML'))) 
      {
         doPrevent = false;
      }
       else
      {
         doPrevent = true;
      }
    }
    else
    {
       doPrevent = false;
    }
      if (doPrevent)
      {
         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();
  }
})