how to get String/character value from key Code;

Question

I am using an input tag of html which is supposed to work similar to input of google search.

function onKeyPressFun(event){
    var inputObj = document.getElementById("tagInput");
    var strTags = inputObj.value + String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode);
    alert("post data: strTags" + strTags);
}

I want to send the data to server to detect if any tag starting with this substring exist.
I want to add the character/string (whichever works here) from keyPress event to the existing input in the text.
As in the code above I used String.fromCharCode. When I press 'b' I found keyCode 0 and the value of String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode) was nothing; neither a blank.
Any fix for this?

"When I press 'b' I found keyCode 0" - please reproduce that on jsfiddle — zerkms, Sep 04 '12 at 07:49
Won't this be useless on keyboards that aren't your desired layout? — Daedalus, Sep 04 '12 at 07:49
There is no universal mapping between `keyCode`s and `charCode`s, for obvious reasons. See @WTK's answer. — Dmitry Pashkevich, Sep 04 '12 at 07:52

WTK · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-04T12:35:09.503

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It may have something to do with support for .keyCode property across different browsers. Normalize keyCode value to get better results. One way to do it (part in parentheses is from jQuery source):

// e.g.
String.fromCharCode(event.charCode != null ? event.charCode : event.keyCode);

edited Sep 04 '12 at 12:35

answered Sep 04 '12 at 07:51

WTK

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 04 '12 at 08:17

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You can try:

String.fromCharCode(event.which); // it works in all major browsers

answered Sep 04 '12 at 08:17

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how to get String/character value from key Code;

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