The keyup
event is fired when a key is released.
Bubbles | Yes |
---|---|
Cancelable | Yes |
Interface | KeyboardEvent |
Event handler property | onkeyup |
The keydown
and keyup
events provide a code indicating which key is pressed, while keypress
indicates which character was entered. For example, a lowercase "a" will be reported as 65 by keydown
and keyup
, but as 97 by keypress
. An uppercase "A" is reported as 65 by all events.
Since Firefox 65, the keyup
and keydown
events are now fired during IME composition, to improve cross-browser compatibility for CJKT users (bug 354358, also see keydown and keyup events are now fired during IME composition for more useful details). To ignore all keyup
events that are part of composition, do something like this (229 is a special value set for a keyCode
relating to an event that has been processed by an IME):
eventTarget.addEventListener("keyup", event => { if (event.isComposing || event.keyCode === 229) { return; } // do something });
Examples
addEventListener keyup example
This example logs the KeyboardEvent.code
value whenever you release a key inside the <input>
element.
<input placeholder="Click here, then press and release a key." size="40"> <p id="log"></p>
const input = document.querySelector('input'); const log = document.getElementById('log'); input.addEventListener('keyup', logKey); function logKey(e) { log.textContent += ` ${e.code}`; }
onkeyup equivalent
input.onkeyup = logKey;
Specifications
Specification | Status |
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UI Events | Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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keyup 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