HTML onkeydown Event Attribute
Description
The event attribute onkeydown allows you to set the script to fire when the user presses any key.
Syntax
<element onkeydown="script">Values
- scriptThe name of the script to use when the event has been triggered.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Event Attribute onkeydown</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click any button in the form to run the script:</p>
<input type="text" onkeydown="keyboardTest()">
<script>
function keyboardTest() {
alert("You see this window because you triggered the script");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Supported Tags
All HTML elements except:
<base>,
<bdo>,
<br>,
<head>,
<html>,
<iframe>,
<meta>,
<param>,
<script>,
<style> and
<title>
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