JavaScript DOM KeyboardEvent property: key
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The key property
of KeyboardEvent
objects within the JavaScript
DOM (i.e.
events triggered by an action with the keyboard) returns the key value of the
key represented by the event.
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
Try pressing a key in this input box:
<input style="background-color: yellow; border: 2px solid black; width: 200px; height: 100px;"
onkeypress="myOnkeypress(event)"><br><br>
KeyboardEvent outcomes are:<br><br>
altKey: <b id="key1"></b><br>
charCode: <b id="key2"></b><br>
ctrlKey: <b id="key3"></b><br>
key: <b id="key4"></b><br>
keyCode: <b id="key5"></b><br>
location: <b id="key6"></b><br>
metaKey: <b id="key7"></b><br>
shiftKey: <b id="key8"></b><br>
which: <b id="key9"></b><br>
<script>
function myOnkeypress(event) {
document.getElementById("key1").innerHTML = event.altKey;
document.getElementById("key2").innerHTML = event.charCode;
document.getElementById("key3").innerHTML = event.ctrlKey;
document.getElementById("key4").innerHTML = event.key;
document.getElementById("key5").innerHTML = event.keyCode;
document.getElementById("key6").innerHTML = event.location;
document.getElementById("key7").innerHTML = event.metaKey;
document.getElementById("key8").innerHTML = event.shiftKey;
document.getElementById("key9").innerHTML = event.which;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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