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Keyboard event handling

How can i trigger an event when any or a particular key on the keyboard is pressed in JavaScript

8th Aug 2020, 10:48 AM
Goke Ekundayo
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4 Answers
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Here read this: https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-dom/javascript-keyboard-events/ This hopefully will answer your question!
8th Aug 2020, 11:53 PM
toto
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onkeydown - When a user is pressing/holding down a key onkeyup - When the user releases a key onkeypress - When a user is pressing/holding down a key
8th Aug 2020, 11:36 AM
Nyakotey🇬🇭🎹
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window.onkeydown = function(e) { console.log("Key pressed: " + e.key); }; // Also look at the first answer’s compatibility notes at the bottom: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/905222/enter-key-press-event-in-javascript
9th Aug 2020, 8:12 AM
Rowsej
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Thanks everyone, i get it now😊
9th Aug 2020, 9:23 AM
Goke Ekundayo
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