Once the keydown handler exits only then does this default keydown behavior takes place.Ĭoming back to our point, when the keydown event fires on an input element, retrieving the value of the input at this stage is useless, since it might be one character short or long. This simply means that when the keydown event fires, the native handler of the browser has not yet been executed, and likewise the corresponding action of the pressed key is not performed in the given input element. And this happens before the native handler described above gets executed. Now, the keydown event is also dispatched by the browser engine. The handler computes which key is pressed and then performs an action depending on the key. This is the native handler executed by the browser's engine in the background whenever a key is pressed down on the keyboard. Similarly, when we type Backspace or Del, a character is removed from the element, and so on and so forth. For example, when we type an alphabet key, its character shows up in the input element. The VK_PACKET key is the low word of a 32-bit Virtual Key value used for non-keyboard input methods.Normally, when we press a key while the cursor is inside an input element, its corresponding operation is performed on the element. Used to pass Unicode characters as if they were keystrokes.

The keys on the US standard keyboard, or the \| key on the non-US 102-key keyboard Used for miscellaneous characters it can vary by keyboard. For the US standard keyboard, the 'single-quote/double-quote' key For the US standard keyboard, the '[' key For the US standard keyboard, the '`~' key

For the US standard keyboard, the '/?' key

For the US standard keyboard, the ' :' key

IME Hanguel mode (maintained for compatibility use VK_HANGUL) The following table shows the symbolic constant names, hexadecimal values, and mouse or keyboard equivalents for the virtual-key codes used by the system.

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