onkeypress Event

Call a function when the user presses a key:

More examples below.

Description

The onkeypress event occurs when the user presses a key on the keyboard.

The onkeypress event is deprecated.

It is not fired for all keys (like ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, ESC) in all browsers.

To detect if the user presses a key, always use the onkeydown event. It works for all keys.

In HTML:

< element onkeypress=" myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onkeypress = function(){ myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("keypress", myScript);

Bubbles:	Yes
Cancelable:	Yes
Event type:	KeyboardEvent
HTML tags:	All HTML elements, EXCEPT: <base>, <bdo>, <br>, <head>, <html>, <iframe>, <meta>, <param>, <script>, <style>, and <title>
DOM Version:	Level 2 Events

onkeypress is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9-11