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UI Events KeyboardEvent |code| attribute

Category

DOM

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 48)

Intent stage

None

Summary

The KeyboardEvent |code| attribute contains information about the key event that can use used identify the physical key being pressed by the user.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/dom3events/raw-file/tip/html/DOM3Events-code.html
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=227231

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code

Samples: https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/keyboardevent-code-attribute/ https://w3c.github.io/uievents/tools/key-event-viewer.html

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