diff --git a/static/js/barcode.js b/static/js/barcode.js
index cd71ad8..4a249db 100644
--- a/static/js/barcode.js
+++ b/static/js/barcode.js
@@ -17,40 +17,48 @@ function hideBarcode() {
     return ""
 }
 
-function barcodeKeyPress(event) {
-    var key = String.fromCharCode(event.charCode)
-    var input = document.getElementById('crement')
-    if ( input ) {
+function barcodeKeyPress( event ) { // takes input from either keyboard or barcode scanner
+    var key = String.fromCharCode( event.charCode )
+    var input = document.getElementById( 'crement' )
+    var inputcount = document.querySelectorAll( '[type="text"]' ).length + document.querySelectorAll( '[type="number"]' ).length 
+    if ( input && inputcount == 1 ) { // focus in 'crement' when no other input fields only
         input.focus()
     }
     var focused = document.activeElement
-    if (! focused || focused == document.body) {
+    if ( !focused || focused == document.body ) {
         focused = null
-    } else if (document.querySelector) {
-        focused = document.querySelector(":focus")
+    } else if ( document.querySelector ) {
+        focused = document.querySelector( ":focus" )
     }
-    if ( focused == null || focused.tagName != "INPUT" ) {
-        if ( event.keyCode === 13 ) {
-            var input = document.getElementById('barcodeInput')
-            if (input && barcodeBuf.length > 0) {
-                input.setAttribute('value', barcodeBuf)
+    if (
+        !event.ctrlKey && !event.altKey // no hotkeys used
+        && ( focused == null || focused.tagName != "INPUT" ) // focus not in input fielf for manual input
+    ) {
+        if ( event.keyCode === 13 ) { // carriage return
+            var input = document.getElementById( 'barcodeInput' )
+            if ( input && barcodeBuf.length > 0 ) {
+                input.setAttribute( 'value', barcodeBuf )
                 input.parentNode.submit()
                 return
             }
             barcodeBuf = ""
             event.preventDefault()
-        } else if ( event.keyCode === 27 ){
+        } else if ( event.keyCode === 27 ) { // escape
+            console.log( "escape" )
             barcodeBuf=hideBarcode()
             event.preventDefault()
-        } else if ( event.keyCode === 9 ){
+        } else if ( event.keyCode === 8 ) { // backspace
+            console.log( "backspace" )
             barcodeBuf = barcodeBuf.substring( 0, barcodeBuf.length - 1  )
+            showBarcode( barcodeBuf )
             if ( barcodeBuf.length <= 0 ) {
-                barcodeBuf=hideBarcode()
+                barcodeBuf = hideBarcode()
             }
             event.preventDefault()
-        } else {
+        } else if ( event.keyCode == 0 ) { // e.g. F-Keys are 112 to 123, A-Za-z0-9 all are 0.
+            console.log( "some input: " + barcodeBuf + "[" + key + "] <= {" + event.keyCode + "}" )
             barcodeBuf += key
-            showBarcode(barcodeBuf)
+            showBarcode( barcodeBuf )
             event.preventDefault()
         }
     }