Problem with javascript keydown event

[yellolad]

Hello friends,

I am facing a very strange problem with the Keydown() event.

I have a textbox on my page. When ever a key is down on the textbox, I am calling a javascript function to display the character.

function monitorKeys(event)
{
  alert(event.keyCode); //This is displaying 219 for [ (opening square bracket)
  alert(String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode))// This is displaying a weird Unicode  character
}

I know that the event.keyCode will return the Unicode number on IE, but how can I convert it back to the original character?

I sincerely appreciate your help on this.

[acoder]

Browsers have differences with respect to the key and character pressed during onkeypress/up/down. This link should cover most of them.

[yellolad]

Thanks Acoder, the link is very informative.

[acoder]

You're welcome. Glad you found it useful.