HTML DOM onkeydown Event

The DOM onkeydown event in HTML occurs when a key is pressed by the user. Order of events related to the onkeydown event:

Supported HTML tags: All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

<base>
<bdo>
<br>
<head>
<html>
<iframe>
<meta>
<param>
<script>
<style>
<title>

Syntax:

In HTML:

<element onkeydown="myScript">>

In JavaScript:

object.onkeydown = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("keydown", myScript);

Example: onkeydown Event using the addEventListener() method

html

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
 
<body>

    <h1 style="color:green">

        GeekforGeeks

    </h1>

    <p>

          Press any key inside the input field

      </p>

    <input type="text" id="inputField"

           style="background-color:green">
 
    <script>

        document.getElementById(

            "inputField").addEventListener("keydown", GFGFun);

        function GFGFun() {

            document.getElementById(

                "inputField").style.backgroundColor =

                "yellow";

        }

    </script>

</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM onkeydown Event are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Apple Safari
Opera

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