Element: keypress event

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The keypress event is fired when a letter, number, punctuation, or symbol key is pressed, or else when the Enter key is pressed — including when the Enter key is pressed in combination with the Shift key or Ctrl key. Otherwise, when a modifier key such as the Alt, Shift, Ctrl, Meta, Esc, or Option key is pressed in isolation, the keypress event is not fired.

Warning: Since this event has been deprecated, you should use beforeinput or keydown instead.

The event bubbles. It can reach Document and Window.

Syntax

Use the event name in addEventListener():

addEventListener("keypress", (event) => { })

Alternatively, assign to the event handler property of the interface:

onkeypress = (event) => { }

letter keys, number keys, and punctuation keys
symbol keys such as the $, +, =, %, and + keys
modifier keys such as the Alt, Shift, Ctrl, Meta, Esc, Option, or ⌘ keys
the Enter key
the Enter key in combination with the Shift or Ctrl keys
the Enter key in combination with modifier keys other than the Shift or Ctrl keys

html

<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}`;
}