HTML DOM keyboardEvent charCode Property

Last Updated : 13 Jun, 2023

The keyboardEvent charCode property in HTML is used to return the unicode value of a character key pressed during a keypress event. It is a read-only property. The unicode character denotes the number of a character(e.g. the unicode for “A” is 65).

Syntax:

event.charCode

Note: This property has been DEPRECATED and is no longer recommended.

Return Value: It returns a number that represents the unicode number of the pressed character.

Example: In this example,we will use the keyboardEvent charCode.

HTML

<html>
<head>
    <title>keyboardEvent charCode Property</title>
</head>
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color:green;">
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    </h1>
    <h2>
        keyboardEvent charCode Property
    </h2> Input:
    <input type="text" placeholder="Press any key..">
    <p id="p"></p>
    <script>
        // Adding a event listener function
        window.addEventListener("keypress", function (event) {
            let code = event.charCode;
 
            // Creating a span element
            let element = document.createElement("span");
            element.innerHTML = "Unicode value: " + code + "<br/>";
            // Appending span element to the paragraph
            document.getElementById("p").appendChild(element);
        }, true);
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>