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dmauro / Keypress

A keyboard input capturing utility in which any key can be a modifier key.
http://dmauro.github.io/Keypress/
Apache License 2.0
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key values in clear #105

Closed vibra closed 9 years ago

vibra commented 9 years ago

Hi, I am trying to use Keypress and I would like to display in clear the value of the key. I tested this: alert (key + ' / ' + keypress._keycode_dictionary[key]); When I press a 'a', I am expecting a window displaying 97 / "a" but I have 97 / "num1" And if I press a 1 in the numpad, I have 49 / "1" but I was expecting 49 / "num1" !

In fact I realize that I cannot use the key value to access the _keycode_dictionary table. So is there a mean to do what I want ?

StevenRKM commented 9 years ago

Keycodes are about the physical key you pressed on the keyboard. The numpad keys are different keys from the other numbered keys, so they produce a different keycode.

I recommend this article about all the quircks in handling keyboard events in our browsers: http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html

dmauro commented 9 years ago

49 is the keycode for the 1 above the letter keys and 97 is the keycode for the number pad 1. The "a" key is keycode 65. Perhaps you have a weird browser/OS combo that is reporting unexpected keycodes?