HTML | onkeypress Attribute

This attribute fires when a user presses a key on the Keyboard. This event attribute can not be used for all keys (e.g. ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, ESC) in all browsers.
Supported Tags: All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

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

Syntax:

<element onkeypress="script">

Attribute: The onkeydown attribute works for all keys in all browsers. The script will be run when onkeypress attribute call.
Note: This attribute has been DEPRECATED and is no longer recommended. The order of events that is related to the onkeypress events:

onkeydown
onkeypress
onkeyup

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title>onkeypress attribute</title>

    <style>

        body {

            text-align: center;

        }

        h1 {

            color: green;

        }

    </style>

</head>

<body>

    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <h2>onkeypress attribute</h2>

    <input type="text" onkeypress="GeeksForGeeks()">

    <script>

        function GeeksForGeeks() {

            alert("Welcome to GeeksForGeeks!");

        }

    </script>

</body>

</html>

Output:
Before click in the text box:

After click on the text box:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by onkeypress event attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Apple Safari

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