jQuery: Display the keyboard key which was pressed in a textbox
jQuery Events : Exercise-16 with Solution
Display the keyboard key which was pressed in a textbox.
Sample Data :
<body>Input your name: <input type="text"> <div></div> </body>
Solution:
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Display the keyboard key which was pressed in a textbox</title>
</head>
<body>
Input your name: <input type="text">
<div></div>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript Code:
$( "input" ).on( "keydown", function(event) {
$( "div" ).html( event.type + ": " + event.which );
});
Live Demo:
See the Pen jquery-events-exercise-16 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.
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