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  Right versus ArrowRight Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-04-05 11:30 +1000
    Re: Right versus ArrowRight Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-04-05 15:10 +0200

#32938 — Right versus ArrowRight

MDN says not to use keyCode
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/keyCode>
but when I test using key I find that Chrome and Firefox return 
"ArrowRight" for the right arrow key whereas Edge and IE return "Right".

Surely they could've agreed on something so basic as what to call the 
keys on a keyboard :-(

Andrew Poulos

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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> MDN says not to use keyCode
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/keyCode>
> but when I test using key I find that Chrome and Firefox return
> "ArrowRight" for the right arrow key whereas Edge and IE return "Right".

The “key” attribute is specified in a 2017-02 W3C Working Draft only, in 
which “ArrowRight” is specified but which still refers to an earlier 2016-08 
Working Draft in which “ArrowRight” is also specified.  Both Working Drafts 
have an editor from Google and Microsoft each, so they should come to terms 
at some point.
 
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