jQuery Event - which Property

Example

Show which key was pressed:

$("input").keydown(function(event){
  $("div").html("Key: " + event.which);
});

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Definition and Usage

The 'which' property indicates which key or button was pressed.

Syntax

event.which
Parameter Description
event Required. Specifies the event to be checked. This event Parameters come from the event binding function.