Deprecated
This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
The keypress
event is fired when a key that produces a character value is pressed down. Examples of keys that produce a character value are alphabetic, numeric, and punctuation keys. Examples of keys that don't produce a character value are modifier keys such as Alt, Shift, Ctrl, or Meta.
Since this event has been deprecated, you should look to use beforeinput
or keydown
instead.
Interface | KeyboardEvent |
---|---|
Bubbles | Yes |
Cancelable | Yes |
Default Action | Varies: keypress event; launch text composition system; blur and focus events; DOMActivate event; other event |
Examples
addEventListener keypress example
This example logs the KeyboardEvent.code
value whenever you press a key after focussing the <input>
element.
<div> <label for="sample">Focus the input and type something:</label> <input type="text" name="text" id="sample"> </div> <p id="log"></p>
const log = document.getElementById('log'); const input = document.querySelector('input'); input.addEventListener('keypress', logKey); function logKey(e) { log.textContent += ` ${e.code}`; }
onkeypress equivalent
input.onkeypress = logKey;
Specifications
Specification | Status |
---|---|
UI Events | Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
keypress event | Chrome
Full support
Yes
| Edge Full support ≤18 | Firefox
Full support
Yes
| IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android
Full support
Yes
| Chrome Android
Full support
Yes
| Firefox Android
Full support
Yes
| Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
Yes
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
See also
GlobalEventHandlers.onkeypress
- The
Document
interface, which the event also targets. - Related events: