HTML DOM KeyboardEvent key Property
The keyboardEvent key property in HTML is used to return the value of the key pressed when a key event occurs. It returns a single-character or multi-character string depending on which key is pressed. It is a read-only property.
Syntax:
event.key
Return Value: It returns a string that represents the key pressed.
- It can return single character strings like “a”, “5”, “+”, etc.
- It can return a multi-character string like “F5”, “Enter”, “HOME”, etc.
Example: In this example, we will see the use of keyboardEvent key property
HTML
<html><head> <title>DOM keyboardEvent key Property</title></head><body style="text-align: center;"> <h1 style="color:green;"> w3wiki </h1> <h2> DOM keyboardEvent key Property </h2> Input: <input type="text" placeholder="Press any key.."> <p id="p"></p> <script> // Adding a event listener function window.addEventListener("keydown", function (event) { let key = "key = '" + event.key + "'"; // Creating a span element let element = document.createElement("span"); element.innerHTML = key + "<br/>"; // Appending the created element to paragraph document.getElementById("p").appendChild(element); }, true); </script></body></html> |
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by keyboardEvent key property are listed below:
- Apple Safari 10.1
- Google Chrome 51.0
- Edge 12.0
- Firefox 23.0
- Opera 38.0
- Internet Explorer 9.0