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Parrotmaster
Parrotmaster

Reputation: 676

Changing keyDown presses to lower case

I am trying to compare 2 characters (or key codes) to check if the letter on the screen is the same as the pressed character.

Sadly, all the keyDown results are in upper-case, and I would like to know if there's a different way that gets input as lower-case instead of manually changing all the input.

Here's my code:

document.onkeydown = function keyDown(e) {
  if (!e) e = window.event;

  if (e.keyCode == currentCharacter.charCodeAt(0)) {
      // Input matches the current character.
  } else {
      // Input does not match the current character.
  }
}

In this example, e.keyCode always returns the keycode for an upper-case version of the character I pressed.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 995

Answers (2)

Matt Saunders
Matt Saunders

Reputation: 4074

According to this,

Using keyPress event rather than keyDown might be the answer.

Upvotes: 4

Martin M
Martin M

Reputation: 465

How about converting the keyCode to a char, and the lowercase it..

document.onkeydown = function keyDown(e) {
  if (!e) e = window.event;
var keyPressed =  String.fromCharCode(e.keyCode).toLowerCase()
  if (keyPressed == 'a') {
      // Input matches the current character.
  } else {
      // Input does not match the current character.
  }
}

Upvotes: 0

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