The onkeypress event triggers when a key is pressed and released. You can try to run the following code to learn how to work with onkeypress event in JavaScript −
Example
<html> <head> <script> <!-- function sayHello() { alert("A key is pressed.") } //--> </script> </head> <body> <input type = "text" onkeypress = "sayHello()"> </body> </html>