The keydown and keyup events fire for each key press (or, with modifier keys, a combination of key presses) on a keyboard.

Learning resources on MDN

• Element: keydown event
• Element: keyup event

Browser support

• Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
• Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
• Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
• Firefox 6 Released on 2011-08-16
• Firefox for Android 6 Released on 2011-08-16
• Safari 1.2 Released on 2004-02-02
• Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

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