KeyboardEvent.key
A KeyboardEvent
property whose value is a string identifying the key that was pressed. Covers character keys, non-character keys (e.g. arrow keys), and dead keys.
Spec | https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#dom-keyboardevent-key |
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Status | W3C Working Draft |
IE | Edge | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
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98 | |||||
95 | 97 | ||||
94 | 96 | TP | |||
11 (2) | 95 | 93 | 95 | 15 | 80 |
10 (2) | 94 | 92 | 94 | 14.1 | 79 |
9 (2) | 93 | 91 | 93 | 14 | 78 |
8 | 92 | 90 | 92 | 13.1 | 77 |
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7 | 91 | 89 | 91 | 13 | 76 |
6 | 90 | 88 | 90 | 12.1 | 75 |
5.5 | 89 | 87 | 89 | 12 | 74 |
88 | 86 | 88 | 11.1 | 73 | |
87 | 85 | 87 | 11 | 72 | |
86 | 84 | 86 | 10.1 | 71 | |
85 | 83 | 85 | 10 | 70 | |
84 | 82 | 84 | 9.1 | 69 | |
83 | 81 | 83 | 9 | 68 | |
81 | 80 | 81 | 8 | 67 | |
80 | 79 | 80 | 7.1 | 66 | |
79 | 78 | 79 | 7 | 65 | |
18 (2) | 77 | 78 | 6.1 | 64 | |
17 (2) | 76 | 77 | 6 | 63 | |
16 (2) | 75 | 76 | 5.1 | 62 | |
15 (2) | 74 | 75 | 5 | 60 | |
14 (2) | 73 | 74 | 4 | 58 | |
13 (2) | 72 | 73 | 3.2 | 57 | |
12 (2) | 71 | 72 | 3.1 | 56 | |
70 | 71 | 55 | |||
69 | 70 | 54 | |||
68 | 69 | 53 | |||
67 | 68 | 52 | |||
66 | 67 | 51 | |||
65 | 66 | 50 | |||
64 | 65 | 49 | |||
63 | 64 | 48 | |||
62 | 63 | 47 | |||
61 | 62 | 46 | |||
60 | 61 | 45 | |||
59 | 60 | 44 | |||
58 | 59 | 43 | |||
57 | 58 | 42 | |||
56 | 57 | 41 | |||
55 | 56 | 40 | |||
54 | 55 | 39 | |||
53 | 54 | 38 | |||
52 | 53 | 37 | |||
51 | 52 | 36 | |||
50 | 51 | 35 | |||
49 | 50 | 34 | |||
48 | 49 | 33 | |||
47 | 48 | 32 | |||
46 | 47 | 31 | |||
45 | 46 | 30 | |||
44 | 45 | 29 | |||
43 | 44 | 28 | |||
42 | 43 | 27 | |||
41 | 42 | 26 | |||
40 | 41 | 25 | |||
39 | 40 | 24 | |||
38 | 39 | 23 | |||
37 | 38 | 22 | |||
36 | 37 | 21 | |||
35 | 36 | 20 | |||
34 | 35 | 19 | |||
33 | 34 | 18 | |||
32 | 33 | 17 | |||
31 | 32 | 16 | |||
30 | 31 | 15 | |||
29 | 30 | 12.1 | |||
28 (1) | 29 | 12 | |||
27 (1) | 28 | 11.6 | |||
26 (1) | 27 | 11.5 | |||
25 (1) | 26 | 11.1 | |||
24 (1) | 25 | 11 | |||
23 (1) | 24 | 10.6 | |||
22 | 23 | 10.5 | |||
21 | 22 | 10.0-10.1 | |||
20 | 21 | 9.5-9.6 | |||
19 | 20 | 9 | |||
18 | 19 | ||||
17 | 18 | ||||
16 | 17 | ||||
15 | 16 | ||||
14 | 15 | ||||
13 | 14 | ||||
12 | 13 | ||||
11 | 12 | ||||
10 | 11 | ||||
9 | 10 | ||||
8 | 9 | ||||
7 | 8 | ||||
6 | 7 | ||||
5 | 6 | ||||
4 | 5 | ||||
3.6 | 4 | ||||
3.5 | |||||
3 | |||||
2 |
Safari on iOS | Opera Mini | Android Browser | Blackberry Browser | Opera Mobile | Android Chrome | Android Firefox | IE Mobile | Android UC Browser | Samsung Internet | QQ Browser | Baidu Browser | KaiOS Browser |
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15 | all | 94 | 10 | 64 | 94 | 92 | 11 (2) | 12.12 | 15.0 | 10.4 | 7.12 | 2.5 |
14.5-14.8 | 4.4.3-4.4.4 | 7 | 12.1 | 10 (2) | 14.0 | |||||||
14.0-14.4 | 4.4 | 12 | 13.0 | |||||||||
13.4-13.7 | 4.2-4.3 | 11.5 | 12.0 | |||||||||
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13.3 | 4.1 | 11.1 | 11.1-11.2 | |||||||||
13.2 | 4 | 11 | 10.1 | |||||||||
13.0-13.1 | 3 | 10 | 9.2 | |||||||||
12.2-12.5 | 2.3 | 8.2 | ||||||||||
12.0-12.1 | 2.2 | 7.2-7.4 | ||||||||||
11.3-11.4 | 2.1 | 6.2-6.4 | ||||||||||
11.0-11.2 | 5.0-5.4 | |||||||||||
10.3 | 4 | |||||||||||
10.0-10.2 | ||||||||||||
9.3 | ||||||||||||
9.0-9.2 | ||||||||||||
8.1-8.4 | ||||||||||||
8 | ||||||||||||
7.0-7.1 | ||||||||||||
6.0-6.1 | ||||||||||||
5.0-5.1 | ||||||||||||
4.2-4.3 | ||||||||||||
4.0-4.1 | ||||||||||||
3.2 |
Notes
"Some key events, or their values, might be suppressed by the IME in use". On mobile (virtual keyboard), for every key Blink and WebKit based browsers report "Unidentified", Gecko reports "Process".
Partial support refers to these versions of Firefox returning
"MozPrintableKey"
for all character keys.Has non-standard key identifiers and incorrect behaviour with AltGraph.
Resources
- MDN Web Docs - key
- Chrome tracking bug
- WebKit feature request bug
- Spec listing all key string values
- Edge bug report
- shim-keyboard-event-key: shim for non-standard key identifiers for IE & Edge
Data by caniuse.com
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https://caniuse.com/keyboardevent-key