The KeyboardEvent |key| attribute contains information about the character being generated by the key event.

Demos

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/keyboardevent-key-attribute/
• https://w3c.github.io/uievents/tools/key-event-viewer.html

Documentation

• http://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#interface-KeyboardEvent
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/key

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 51
• Chrome for Android release 51
• Android WebView release 51

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Edge: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web Developers: Strongly positive

Owner

• garykac@chromium.org

Comments

IE's implementation does not completely match the current spec because it is based on an older version of the spec.

Last updated on 2020-11-09