Question

This is really weird.

I have a textarea.
I listen to the keyup and keypress events.

When I press “(“, keypress is fired with e.keyCode == e.which == 40

When I press the arrow down key, keyup is fired with e.keyCode == e.which == 40

Why is this so strange?

Answer 1

keydown and keyup events provide a code indicating which key is pressed, while keypress indicates which character was entered.

Char code for “(” is 40 (keypress event) and key code for down arrow is also 40 (keyup).

Try:

String.fromCharCode(40); // "("