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KeyboardLayoutMap: keys() method

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This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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The keys() method of the KeyboardLayoutMap interface returns a new Iterator object that contains the keys for each index in the KeyboardLayoutMap object.

The method is otherwise the same as Map.prototype.keys().

Syntax

keys()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A new Iterator object.

Examples

The following example iterates every keyboard code on an English QWERTY keyboard.

navigator.keyboard.getLayoutMap().then((keyboardLayoutMap) => {
  for (const code of keyboardLayoutMap.keys()) {
    console.log(`${code} keyboard code`);
  }
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
keys 69 79 No 56 No 69 No 48 No 10.0 69 No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardLayoutMap/keys