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DDevelops
DDevelops

Reputation: 49

Javascript KeyboardEvent CTRL + ALT + KEY shortcut. Event.key is not KEY but special char

I have an application with shortcuts. Shortcuts are defined by the keys that need to be pressed to trigger them and the respective action that should happen.

When pressing Ctrl + Alt + E on the keyboard, the triggered keydown KeyboardEvent.key value is not "e" but "€", because Ctrl + Alt + E also is the combination for the € char.

So I can't define the shortcut as Ctrl + Alt + E.

Should I define it as Ctrl + Alt + € instead? This seems somewhat hacky to me, because pressing Ctrl + Alt + E won't result in € on all machines.

I thought about using the KeyboardEvent.code instead of KeyboardEvent.key. But the way I understood it, the KeyboardEvent.code is dependent on the keyboard layout. It should always be the letter "e" though.

Any idea how I can still define the shortcut as Ctrl + Alt + E? (it is a graph drawing application, and "e" stands for edge, using any other letter would be unfortunate).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 420

Answers (1)

Arielo
Arielo

Reputation: 221

it does work but you still have to cumulate to the other conditions for non-OSX users...

if (event.altKey && e.key === "€" || event.altKey && e.key === "e"){
   doSomeThing()
}

Upvotes: -1

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