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Comments on A keydown event succeeds for an English letter but not for an Hebrew one, sharing the same key

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A keydown event succeeds for an English letter but not for an Hebrew one, sharing the same key

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I am trying to listen to the event in which the keyboard key containing the Hebrew final-letter ך is pressed.

This key stands for both the English letter L and the Hebrew final letter ך.

If my operating system works in English mode, the following code works for L, but if I change the language mode to Hebrew, the code doesn't work for ך.

window.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
  if (event.ctrlKey && event.altKey && event.key === 'l' || event.ctrlKey && event.altKey && event.key === 'ך') {
    document.querySelector(".cbntphone_icon").style.display = "none";
  }
});

There is no error in the browser console when I click CTRL+ALT+ך.

Why would the code work only for the English letter?

javascript keydown keyboard-events

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I think you can answer your own question if you print `event.key` on each event. Please post what you... (1 comment)

Tried splitting that `if` statement in two? (2 comments)

Not sure if it will work, but you might try comparing against the character code instead of the character literal (1 comment)

elgonzo‭ wrote almost 3 years ago · edited almost 3 years ago

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Just an idea... What happens if you don't put the Hebrew character literal in the javascript code, but instead use its character code, i.e.:

event.key === '\u05DA'        // final kaf

event.key === '\u05DB'        // kaf

Not sure if it will work, but might be worth a try if nobody else comes up with a better suggestion.

But what should get you definitely closer to a solution: Modify your script, and let it print out any key event information (what modifiers are being pressed, the character in event.key, etc.) your key event listener receives. And then hit that Hebrew key, and look at the output...