How do I listen for when a user presses a certain key like enter?

Question

I've tried document.addEventListener("keydown", function() {}), but dont know how to listen for when a user presses enter

[Keyboard event: code](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code). — Andy, Jul 13 '22 at 09:28
You can read this in the documentation of MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/keydown_event — Kokodoko, Jul 13 '22 at 09:28
But have you tried putting your title in a web search engine? — gre_gor, Jul 13 '22 at 10:25

User456 · Answer 1 · 2022-07-13T09:36:47.617

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Check the key property of event (keyboard event).

document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
  if (event.key === 'Enter') {
    console.log(event.key);
  }
});

edited Jul 13 '22 at 09:36

answered Jul 13 '22 at 09:27

User456

score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '22 at 09:29

-2

Have you tried this?

   document.addEventListener("keyup", function(event) {
    if (event.code === 'Enter') {
        alert('Enter is pressed!');
    }
});

answered Jul 13 '22 at 09:29

Ben

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