How To Detect Keypress In Javascript
21 - Jan - 2022
XpertPhp
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In this tutorial, we will explain to you how to detect keypress In Javascript. we can also know which key is pressed and what that is the Unicode value. Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function detectkey() {
var unicode = event.which || event.keyCode;
document.getElementById("keystroke").innerHTML = "The pressed key was: " + String.fromCharCode(unicode) +"<br>The Unicode value is:"+ unicode;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" onkeypress="detectkey()">
<p id="keystroke"></p>
</body>
</html>
Output
The pressed key was:N The Unicode value is:78