KeyboardEvent.code

- WD

A KeyboardEvent property representing the physical key that was pressed, ignoring the keyboard layout and ignoring whether any modifier keys were active.

Chrome

  1. ❌ 4 - 41: Not supported
  2. ❌ 42 - 47: Disabled by default
  3. ✅ 48 - 156: Supported
  4. ✅ 157: Supported
  5. ✅ 158 - 160: Supported

Edge

  1. ❌ 12 - 18: Not supported
  2. ✅ 79 - 155: Supported
  3. ✅ 156: Supported

Safari

  1. ❌ 3.1 - 10: Not supported
  2. ✅ 10.1 - 27.1: Supported
  3. ✅ 27.2: Supported
  4. ✅ 27.3 - TP: Supported

Firefox

  1. ❌ 2 - 37: Not supported
  2. ✅ 38 - 158: Supported
  3. ✅ 159: Supported
  4. ✅ 160 - 162: Supported

Opera

  1. ❌ 9 - 28: Not supported
  2. ❌ 29 - 34: Disabled by default
  3. ✅ 35 - 138: Supported
  4. ✅ 139: Supported

IE

  1. ❌ 5.5 - 10: Not supported
  2. ❌ 11: Not supported

Chrome for Android

  1. ❌ 157: Disabled by default

Safari on iOS

  1. ❌ 3.2 - 10.2: Not supported
  2. ✅ 10.3 - 26.6: Supported
  3. ✅ 27.0: Supported
  4. ✅ 27.1 - 27.2: Supported

Samsung Internet

  1. ❌ 4: Not supported
  2. ❌ 5 - 30: Disabled by default
  3. ❌ 31: Disabled by default

Opera Mini

  1. ❌ all: Not supported

Opera Mobile

  1. ❌ 10 - 12.1: Not supported
  2. ❌ 80: Not supported

UC Browser for Android

  1. ❌ 15.5: Not supported

Android Browser

  1. ❌ 2.1 - 4.4.4: Not supported
  2. ❌ 157: Not supported

Firefox for Android

  1. ✅ 159: Supported

QQ Browser

  1. ❌ 14.9: Not supported

Baidu Browser

  1. ❌ 13.52: Disabled by default

KaiOS Browser

  1. ✅ 2.5: Supported
  2. ✅ 3: Supported

"Some key events, or their values, might be suppressed by the IME in use". On mobile (virtual keyboard), all keys are reported as empty ("").

Resources:
WebKit feature request bug
Chrome tracking bug
MDN Web Docs - code
Keyboard tester that shows event.code and event.key live for each key pressed