Execute a script when a user is pressing a key in HTML?

Use the onkeydown attribute. The onkeydown attribute triggers when the user is pressing a key.

Example

You can try to run the following code to execute a script on pressing a key −

<!DOCTYPE html> <html>    <body>       <p>Press a key inside the textbox.</p>       <input type = "text" onkeydown = "display()">       <script>          function display() {             alert("You pressed a key!");          }       </script>    </body> </html>
Updated on: 2020-03-03T05:36:03+05:30

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