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0 pointstkainrad5y ago0 comments

Never said it wasn't deprecated. It still works much better than using keydown with keycode. For most apps and layouts, it's a sufficient solution.

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runarberg5y ago

What works best is to use `keydown`[1] with `keyboardEvent.key`[2]. Chrome took a while to implement `keyboardEvent.key` and I’m guessing that delay hindered adoption, but for the past few years (since the 5 year old Chrome 51) it is objectively the best—and arguably the only robust—way to figure out which key the user typed.

1: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/key...

2: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEve...

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