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Keyboard events

Widely available since 2018-01-29
Tags: api

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

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