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HTML DOM KeyboardEvent key Property
The KeyboardEvent key property returns the key identifier corresponding to the key pressed using an event.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning latest typed character’s identifier −
event.key
Example
Let us see an example for KeyboardEvent key property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>KeyboardEvent key</title>
<style>
form {
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
* {
padding: 2px;
margin:5px;
}
input[type="button"] {
border-radius: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>KeyboardEvent-key</legend>
<label>Fill in the blanks:
<input type="text" id="textSelect" placeholder="__ for Ball" onkeypress="getEventData(event)" autocomplete="off">
</label>
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
var textSelect = document.getElementById("textSelect");
function getEventData(InputEvent) {
if(InputEvent.key === 'B')
divDisplay.textContent = 'Correct Answer';
else if(InputEvent.key === 'b')
divDisplay.textContent = 'Close call, you might have caps lock turned off';
else
divDisplay.textContent = 'Try Again, '+textSelect.placeholder;
textSelect.textContent = '';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
Before typing anything in the text field −
After typing ‘b’ in the text field −
After typing ‘B’ in the text field −
Updated on: 2019-07-30T22:30:26+05:30
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