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Is there a way to read keyboard state outside of a keyboard event handler? Specifically, I need to check if the shift key is down during page load. I am using jQuery.
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Keycode 13 is the Enter key.
Handle single key events To handle an individual key press, implement onKeyDown() or onKeyUp() as appropriate. Usually, you should use onKeyUp() if you want to be sure that you receive only one event. If the user presses and holds the button, then onKeyDown() is called multiple times.
An event which indicates that a keystroke occurred in a component. This low-level event is generated by a component object (such as a text field) when a key is pressed, released, or typed.
The keydown event is fired when a key is pressed. Unlike the deprecated keypress event, the keydown event is fired for all keys, regardless of whether they produce a character value. The keydown and keyup events provide a code indicating which key is pressed, while keypress indicates which character was entered.
There is no querying of keyboard state in JavaScript. Wish there was. You have listen to events and track state yourself.
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