The KeyboardEvent()
constructor creates a new KeyboardEvent
object.
The KeyboardEvent()
constructor creates a new KeyboardEvent
object.
js
new KeyboardEvent(type) new KeyboardEvent(type, options)
type
A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to keydown
, keyup
, or keypress
.
options
Optional
An object that, in addition of the properties defined in UIEvent()
, can have the following properties:
key
Optional
A string, defaulting to ""
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.key
.
code
Optional
A string, defaulting to ""
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.code
.
location
Optional
A string, defaulting to 0
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.location
.
repeat
Optional
A boolean value, defaulting to false
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.repeat
.
isComposing
Optional
A boolean value, defaulting to false
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.isComposing
.
charCode
Optional Deprecated
A number, defaulting to 0
, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.charCode
.
keyCode
Optional Deprecated
A number, defaulting to 0
, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.keyCode
.
which
Optional Deprecated
A number, defaulting to 0
, that sets the value of the deprecated UIEvent.which
.
ctrlKey
Optional
A boolean value, defaulting to false
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.ctrlKey
.
shiftKey
Optional
A boolean value, defaulting to false
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.shiftKey
.
altKey
Optional
A boolean value, defaulting to false
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.altKey
.
metaKey
Optional
A boolean value, defaulting to false
, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.metaKey
.
A new KeyboardEvent
object.
Specification |
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UI Events # dom-keyboardevent-keyboardevent |
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
KeyboardEvent |
26 | 12 | 31 | No | 15 | 7 | 4.4 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 1.5 |
KeyboardEvent
, the interface of the objects it constructs.
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