Unicode of the key pressed : Key Event « Event « JavaScript DHTML






Unicode of the key pressed

 

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function whichButton(event){
    alert(event.keyCode)
}

</script>
</head>

<body onkeyup="whichButton(event)">
<p>Press a key on your keyboard. </p>
</body>

</html>



           
         
  








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