On key down example javascript

by Rich Costello

JavaScript

document.addEventListener("keypress", checkKeyPressed);
 
function checkKeyPressed(event) {
    if (event.charCode == "97") {
        console.log("The 'a' key is pressed.");
    }  else if (event.charCode == "122") {
      console.log("it is a z expression");
    } else {
      console.log("key down: " + String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode));
    }
}