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HTML

<div id="player"></div>

CSS

#player
{
    background: red;
    position: absolute;
    height: 10px;
    width: 10px;
    border-radius: 50%;
}

JavaScript

// Keyboard input with customisable repeat (set to 0 for no key repeat)
//
function KeyboardController(keys, repeat) {
    // Lookup of key codes to timer ID, or null for no repeat
    //
    var timers= {};

    // When key is pressed and we don't already think it's pressed, call the
    // key action callback and set a timer to generate another one after a delay
    //
    document.onkeydown= function(event) {
        var key= (event || window.event).keyCode;
        if (!(key in keys))
            return true;
        if (!(key in timers)) {
            timers[key]= null;
            keys[key]();
            if (repeat!==0)
                timers[key]= setInterval(keys[key], repeat);
        }
        return false;
    };

    // Cancel timeout and mark key as released on keyup
    //
    document.onkeyup= function(event) {
        var key= (event || window.event).keyCode;
        if (key in timers) {
            if (timers[key]!==null)
                clearInterval(timers[key]);
            delete timers[key];
        }
    };

    // When window is unfocused we may not get key events. To prevent this
    // causing a key to 'get stuck down', cancel all held keys
    //
    window.onblur= function() {
        for (key in timers)
            if (timers[key]!==null)
                clearInterval(timers[key]);
        timers= {};
    };
    
}

KeyboardController({
    37: function() { $('#player').animate({left:'-=5px'}, 100); },
    39: function() { $('#player').animate({left:'+=5px'}, 100); }
}, 100);