"keydown" is an event used in writing software that is triggered when a key on the keyboard is being pressed. It usually precedes the event "keyup".
Questions tagged [keydown]
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Javascript keydown event twice to cancel
My intention is to make div when keydown, and remove div when the same key is pressed again.
This is my code.
let keydown = false;
document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
if (e.code === 'Space') {
if (!keydown) {
keydown =…
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How to not allow two keys to be pressed in a row in JavaScript?
Im making a snake game and need some code to not allow the same key to be pressed in a row. So for example if 'w' is pressed, it wont be able to be pressed again until another key is pressed.
Anyone now the simplest way to achieve this? Thanks
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Scrolling Text in DIV on Keydown
I want to create a scroll effect on the div such that when the SPACE key is pressed, the first span moves up out of visibility and the span become visible.
HTML
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How to use onkeyup and onkeydown for an input tag?
I have an input field and i want to do some calculations depending upon keyup and keydown.
I tried using onkeyup and onkeydown functions, but when i press a key from the keyboard, it prints both "keyup" as well as "keydown" in the console. Is there…
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keydown in objective-C
[UPDATED AFTER FIRST AWNSER]
I have tried to find a way to use and implement the keyDown option in Objective C. But when I try it, it always fails...
Can anyone give me an example of how this is done. I understand Objective C good and a full…
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How to leave WPF UserControl somewhere inside UserControl?
I'm making a UC (UserControl) in WPF. I have some text boxes in the UC. I want to leave the UC when the user pressed "Return key" on one of them. I want return key to treating like Tab key in the main window. How can I implement it?
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How to stop renderer keydown event to pass to other components in Angular?
I am trying to listen for keydown for particular key in Angular 6. I am able to get the keydown event but it also passes to other services/componenets in my code which are listening for keydown.
I read that this concept is called bubbling and I…
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How to Close a Modal / Dialog Box Using the ESC Key?
Hi so I am using these Modal / dialog boxes on my site. I am using code from W3-Schools which is jQuery if I'm not mistaken. They work fine and I was able to get them to close by clicking outside the box, but I am having trouble with having them…
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Improve javascript function to not allow key holding
I created a function which checks if forbidden characters were typed and removes them, everything works fine until user starts holding key. Could someone help to improve?
function tooltip(object, type) {
var id = object.getAttribute('id');
var…
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Simple javascript / jquery "on [Escape]" action - how to do it?
I've been mired in documents explaining javascript keydown events for days - and still can't find out how to do this!
What I want:
$( 'element' ).on( blur mouseleave ESCAPE, function( event ) {
do stuff;
}
It's trivial, right? I realise I might…
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C# Compare the Key Pressed on the Keyboard
I have a textbox and a button.I'm saving the value(keyboard key) entered in the TextBox.I need to give a message when I press the right keyboard key.
private void btn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Properties.Settings.Default.text1 =…
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Playing audio with keydown
So I am not able to make this code work. What should happen is, an audio file should play whenever I press a key that is corresponding to the audio. But for some reason whenever I press the key, nothing happens. Please…
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Method cannot handle event "KeyDown because they do not have a compatible signature"
So I'm trying to make a program which detects when I key is pressed down and assigns the value of said to a variable and then outputs it in a message box, however I cannot do this because of the follow error:
Method 'Main_KeyDown' cannot handle…
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trigger event with spacebar keydown for set duration
I have an animation that should start on keydown for a set duration (3s or so).
Wondering if I can bind the animation function to jquery keydown but how can I add the duration to that or if there is another jquery plugin that can handle this?
The…
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Force keyup after keydown
I have 5 inputs, everyone of them will wait for a letter. Once one is filled with a letter I have to automatically jump to the next input.
Problem is that, if I capture only keyup this makes me jump correctly, but doesn't let me to write "quickly".…
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