Thanks Jens. Interesting that elemental2.dom.KeyboardEvent doesn't include keyCode or charCode. I guess that's a good thing, so you can't use deprecated attributes.
On Monday, 4 August 2025 at 7:17:50 pm UTC+10 Jens wrote: > The keyboard key code constants are also old in GWT, but that one was > obvious, as GWT has key codes as integers, while Elemental2 has key codes > as strings. > > > JS KeyboardEvent has > > - key (number, the physical key on the keyboard) > - code (string, the final character on the keyboard after evaluating > locale, keyboard layout and SHIFT / ALT / CTRL) > - keyCode (number, deprecated, the number does not represent the final > character) > - charCode (number, deprecated, only available during keyPress event) > > GWT uses keyCode for legacy reasons. You should always use code/key. But > even if you use code/key you still have to take care if your application is > international. A classic one is ALT + "/" as a keyboard shortcut which I > cannot trigger at all for example. > > > -- J. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit/411462b8-032e-410b-80c1-a50cf81cc494n%40googlegroups.com.
