Description: For key or button events, this attribute indicates the specific button or key that was pressed.
event.which
version added: 1.1.3
event.which normalizes event.keyCode and event.charCode. It is recommended to watch event.which for keyboard key input. For more detail, read about event.charCode on the MDC.
Example
Log what key was depressed.Full source
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#whichkey').bind('keydown',function(e){
$('#log').html(e.type + ': ' + e.which );
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input id="whichkey" value="type something">
<div id="log"></div>
</body>
</html>
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