KeyboardEvent()

The KeyboardEvent() constructor creates a new KeyboardEvent.

Syntax

 event = new KeyboardEvent(typeArg, KeyboardEventInit);

Values

typeArg

Is a DOMString representing the name of the event.

KeyboardEventInitOptional

Is a KeyboardEventInit dictionary, having the following fields:

• "key", optional DOMString, defaulting to "", that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.key.
• "code", optional DOMString, defaulting to "", that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.code.
• "location", optional unsigned long, defaulting to 0, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.location.
• "ctrlKey", optional boolean value, defaulting to false, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.ctrlKey.
• "shiftKey", optional boolean value, defaulting to false, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.shiftKey.
• "altKey", optional boolean value, defaulting to false, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.altKey.
• "metaKey", optional boolean value, defaulting to false, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.metaKey.< /li>
• "repeat", optional boolean value, defaulting to false, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.repeat.
• "isComposing", optional boolean value, defaulting to false, that sets the value of KeyboardEvent.isComposing.
• "charCode", optional unsigned long, defaulting to 0, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.charCode.
• "keyCode", optional unsigned long, defaulting to 0, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.keyCode.
• "which", optional unsigned long, defaulting to 0, that sets the value of the deprecated KeyboardEvent.which.

Note: The KeyboardEventInit dictionary also accepts fields from the UIEventInit and EventInit dictionaries.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• KeyboardEvent, the interface of the objects it constructs.