HTML DOM keyboardEvent charCode Property

The keyboardEvent charCode property in HTML is used to return the unicode value of a character key pressed during a keypress event. It is a read-only property. The unicode character denotes the number of a character(e.g. the unicode for “A” is 65).

Syntax:

event.charCode

Note: This property has been DEPRECATED and is no longer recommended.

Return Value: It returns a number that represents the unicode number of the pressed character.

Example: In this example,we will use the keyboardEvent charCode.

HTML

<html>

<head>

    <title>keyboardEvent charCode Property</title>

</head>

<body style="text-align: center;">

    <h1 style="color:green;">

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    </h1>

    <h2>

        keyboardEvent charCode Property

    </h2> Input:

    <input type="text" placeholder="Press any key..">

    <p id="p"></p>

    <script>

        // Adding a event listener function

        window.addEventListener("keypress", function (event) {

            let code = event.charCode;
 
            // Creating a span element

            let element = document.createElement("span");

            element.innerHTML = "Unicode value: " + code + "<br/>";

            // Appending span element to the paragraph

            document.getElementById("p").appendChild(element);

        }, true);

    </script>

</body>
 
</html>