KeyboardEvent()

The KeyboardEvent() constructor creates a new KeyboardEvent.

 event = new KeyboardEvent(typeArg, KeyboardEventInit);

typeArg

Is a DOMString representing the name of the event.

KeyboardEventInitOptional

Is a KeyboardEventInit dictionary, having the following fields:

• "key", optional and defaulting to "", of type DOMString, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.key.
• "code", optional and defaulting to "", of type DOMString, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.code.
• "location", optional and defaulting to 0, of type unsigned long, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.location.
• "ctrlKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.ctrlKey.
• "shiftKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.shiftKey.
• "altKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.altKey.
• "metaKey", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.metaKey.
• "repeat", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.repeat.
• "isComposing", optional and defaulting to false, of type Boolean, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.isComposing.
• "charCode", optional and defaulting to 0, of type unsigned long, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.charCode.
• "keyCode", optional and defaulting to 0, of type unsigned long, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.keyCode.
• "which", optional and defaulting to 0, of type unsigned long, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.which.

The KeyboardEventInit dictionary also accepts fields from the UIEventInit and EventInit dictionaries.

• KeyboardEvent, the interface of the objects it constructs.