Javascript DOM onkeypress Event via HTML Tag onkeypress function

Introduction

In JavaScript: 

object.onkeypress = function(){
       myScript};

This example uses the HTML DOM to assign an "onkeypress" event to an input element.

Press a key inside the text field to set a red background color.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<input type="text" id="demo">

<script>
document.getElementById("demo").onkeypress = function() {myFunction()};

function myFunction() {//from www  .j  ava2  s.  c  om
  document.getElementById("demo").style.backgroundColor = "red";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>
Bubbles:
Cancelable:
Event type:
Supported HTML tags:












 Yes
Yes
KeyboardEvent
All HTML elements,
EXCEPT:
<base>,
<bdo>,
<br>,
<head>,
<html>,
<iframe>,
<meta>,
<param>,
<script>,
<style>, and
<title>



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