How to take keyboard input in JavaScript?

Question

I want to take keyboard input in JavaScript, where arrow keys, when pressed, will result in the change in shape of a particular shape. How do I take the input of any of the

Answer 1

If you are doing this in a browser, you can capture keyboard events.

• keydown
• keypress
• keyup

Can all be listened to on HTML nodes in most browsers.

Webkit also supports...

• textInput

See for more details .. http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html