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wjhguitarman
wjhguitarman

Reputation: 1073

Are Up, Down, Left, Right Arrow KeyCodes always the same?

As the title suggests, in my code I use the following codes:

And check for those key codes to determine my action. My question is, do those always remain the same? If I were to use a DVORAK keyboard, or a non-English keyboard, would those key codes remain the same?

Along the same line, is there a preferred method for detecting those keystrokes?

Currently, I do it as follows:

    var Key = {
        _pressed: {},
        LEFT: 37,
        UP: 38,
        RIGHT: 39,
        DOWN: 40,

        isDown: function (keyCode) {
            return this._pressed[keyCode];
        },

        onKeydown: function (event) {
            this._pressed[event.keyCode] = true;

            if (Key.isDown(Key.UP))
                //do up action
            else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) {
                //do down action
            }
            delete this._pressed[event.keyCode];
        }
    };

Upvotes: 29

Views: 39629

Answers (1)

Peter Olson
Peter Olson

Reputation: 142977

Yes, arrow key keycodes are always the same, regardless of the keyboard layout.

I regularly use different keyboard layouts (Dvorak, Russian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Spanish) and I have tried all of them in JavaScript and they give consistent results for the arrow keys.

Upvotes: 28

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