The HTML DOM KeyboardEvent loaction property returns the number corresponding to location of key pressed on the keyboard.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning location of pressed key −
event.location
Numbers
Here, number returned can be the following −
| number | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 0 | It represents almost all values on the keyboard. (every key in the middle section of keyboard, eg: ‘Q’, ’\’, ’spacebar’) |
| 1 | It represents the values on the left-keyboard. (every key in the left section of keyboard, eg: ‘left ctrl’, ’left Shift’, ’left alt’) |
| 2 | It represents the values on the right-keyboard. (every key in the right section of keyboard, eg: ‘right ctrl’, ’right Shift’, ’right alt’) |
| 3 | It represents the values on the numpad-keyboard. (every key in the numpad section of keyboard, eg: ‘1’, ’/’, ’.’) |
Example
Let us see an example for KeyboardEvent location property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>KeyboardEvent location</title>
<style>
form {
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
* {
padding: 2px;
margin:5px;
}
input[type="button"] {
border-radius: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>KeyboardEvent-location</legend>
<label>Fill in the blanks:
<input type="text" id="textSelect" placeholder="type here..." onkeydown="getEventData(event)" autocomplete="off">
</label>
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
var textSelect = document.getElementById("textSelect");
function getEventData(InputEvent) {
if(InputEvent.location === 0)
divDisplay.textContent = 'key Pressed in middle section';
else if(InputEvent.location === 1)
divDisplay.textContent = 'key Pressed in left section';
else if(InputEvent.location === 2)
divDisplay.textContent = 'key Pressed in right section';
else
divDisplay.textContent = 'key Pressed in numpad section';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Before typing anything in the text field −
After typing ‘w’ in the text field −
After pressing ‘+’ in the text field from numpad −
