Key Event
A keyboard event that provides access to the keyboard event data.
This event occurs when a user performs some keyboard action. For example, presses or releases a keyboard key.
Functions
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Returns a UTF-8 character associated with the physical key, if it has a printed representation.
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Returns an
Optional
that contains the event target that represents the element to which the event handler has been attached, otherwise an empty Optional
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Returns the code of the physical key used in the event.
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Returns
true
when the event can be canceled, and therefore prevented as if the event never happened.Link copied to clipboard
Returns the key modifiers that are applied to the event.
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Informs the browser that if the event is not explicitly handled, its default action should not be performed.
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Informs the browser that the event should not propagate in the capturing and bubbling phases.
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Returns an
Optional
that contains the element on which the event occurred if it exists, otherwise an empty Optional
.