KeyboardEvent.keyCode deprecated. What does this mean in practice?

Question

According to MDN, we should most definitely not be using the .keyCode property. It is deprecated:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do

Answer 1

MDN has already provided a solution:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/keyCode

window.addEventListener("keydown", function (event) {
  if (event.defaultPrevented) {
    return; // Should do nothing if the default action has been cancelled
  }

  var handled = false;
  if (event.key !== undefined) {
    // Handle the event with KeyboardEvent.key and set handled true.
  } else if (event.keyIdentifier !== undefined) {
    // Handle the event with KeyboardEvent.keyIdentifier and set handled true.
  } else if (event.keyCode !== undefined) {
    // Handle the event with KeyboardEvent.keyCode and set handled true.
  }

  if (handled) {
    // Suppress "double action" if event handled
    event.preventDefault();
  }
}, true);