event listener keypress code example

Example 1: js when key is pressed

document.addEventListener("keypress", function(event) {
	// do stuff
});

Example 2: how to detect a keypress in javascript

window.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
	console.log(event.key);
});

Example 3: adding event listener keypress event in javascript

let msg = document.getDocumentById('#message');

msg.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
    // handle keydown
});

msg.addEventListener("keypress", (event) => {
    // handle keypress
});

msg.addEventListener("keyup", (event) => {
    // handle keyup
});

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