Deprecated
KeyboardEvent
objects describe a user interaction with the keyboard. Each event describes a key; the event type (keydown
, keypress
, or keyup
) identifies what kind of activity was performed.
KeyboardEvent
interface is deprecated in DOM Level 3 in favor of the new TextInput
interface and the corresponding textinput
event, which have improved support for alternate input methods. However, DOM Level 3 textinput
events are not yet implemented in Gecko (as of version 6.0), so code written for Gecko browsers should continue to use KeyboardEvent
for now.true
if the Alt (or Option, on Mac) key was active when the key event was generated. Read only.true
if the Control key was active when the key event was generated. Read only.true
if the Meta (or Command, on Mac) key was active when the key event was generated. Read only.true
if the Shift key was active when the key event was generated. Read only.