Name
HTMLElement.onkeydown: event handler invoked when the user presses a key â DOM Level 0
Synopsis
Function onkeydown
Description
The onkeydown property of
an HTMLElement object specifies an event-handler function that is
invoked when the user presses a key while the element has keyboard
focus. Determing which key or keys were pressed is somewhat
browser-dependent. See Chapter 17 for
details.
The onkeydown handler is
usually the prefered handler for function keys, but use onkeypress to respond to regular
alphanumeric key presses.
See Also
HTMLElement.onkeypress;
Chapter 17
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