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polyfill `event.key` for Chrome (and other non-Firefox browsers) - named keys
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// Disclaimer: for now, this works for only US ASCII keyboards. | |
var KEYCODES_TO_KEYS = { | |
3: 'Cancel', | |
6: 'Help', | |
8: 'Backspace', | |
9: 'Tab', | |
12: 'Clear', | |
13: 'Enter', | |
16: 'Shift', | |
17: 'Control', | |
18: 'Alt', | |
19: 'Pause', | |
20: 'CapsLock', | |
27: 'Escape', | |
28: 'Convert', | |
29: 'NonConvert', | |
30: 'Accept', | |
31: 'ModeChange', | |
33: 'PageUp', | |
34: 'PageDown', | |
35: 'End', | |
36: 'Home', | |
37: 'ArrowLeft', | |
38: 'ArrowUp', | |
39: 'ArrowRight', | |
40: 'ArrowDown', | |
41: 'Select', | |
42: 'Print', | |
43: 'Execute', | |
44: 'PrintScreen', | |
45: 'Insert', | |
46: 'Delete', | |
48: ['0', ')'], | |
49: ['1', '!'], | |
50: ['2', '@'], | |
51: ['3', '#'], | |
52: ['4', '$'], | |
53: ['5', '%'], | |
54: ['6', '^'], | |
55: ['7', '&'], | |
56: ['8', '*'], | |
57: ['9', '('], | |
91: 'OS', | |
93: 'ContextMenu', | |
144: 'NumLock', | |
145: 'ScrollLock', | |
181: 'VolumeMute', | |
182: 'VolumeDown', | |
183: 'VolumeUp', | |
186: [';', ':'], | |
187: ['=', '+'], | |
188: [',', '<'], | |
189: ['-', '_'], | |
190: ['.', '>'], | |
191: ['/', '?'], | |
192: ['`', '~'], | |
219: ['[', '{'], | |
220: ['\\', '|'], | |
221: [']', '}'], | |
222: ["'", '"'], | |
224: 'Meta', | |
225: 'AltGraph', | |
246: 'Attn', | |
247: 'CrSel', | |
248: 'ExSel', | |
249: 'EraseEof', | |
250: 'Play', | |
251: 'ZoomOut', | |
}; | |
var i = 0; | |
// Function keys (F1-24). | |
for (i = 1; i < 25; i++) { | |
KEYCODES_TO_KEYS[111 + i] = 'F' + i; | |
} | |
// Printable ASCII characters. | |
var letter = ''; | |
for (i = 65; i < 91; i++) { | |
letter = String.fromCharCode(i); | |
KEYCODES_TO_KEYS[i] = [letter.toLowerCase(), letter.toUpperCase()]; | |
} | |
// Polyfill `key` on `KeyboardEvent`. | |
var testKeyboardEvent = new KeyboardEvent('keydown'); | |
if (!('key' in testKeyboardEvent)) { | |
Object.defineProperty(KeyboardEvent.prototype, 'key', { | |
get: function (x) { | |
var key = KEYCODES_TO_KEYS[this.which || this.keyCode]; | |
if (Array.isArray(key)) { | |
key = key[+this.shiftKey]; | |
} | |
return key; | |
} | |
}); | |
} | |
window.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) { | |
console.log(e); | |
}); |
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