event.keyCode support in MS EDGE browser

Question

I have come across an article on keyCode in MDN and it states that this feature is deprecated and no longer recommended.

 KeyboardEvent: keyCode property - Web APIs | MDN (mozilla.org)

 In our application we widely use the event.keyCode syntax in JavaScript code (client-side script) and we would like to know whether that code could be retained as such (as its working currently in MS EDGE browser) but we don’t know whether it would be supported in future MS EDGE browsers based on the below article.

 What’s MS stand on this and do you have any roadmap to remove this feature in future from MS EDGE browsers?

Answer 1

Hi @Geetha Ganesan ,

Unfortunately, Microsoft so far hasn't released a roadmap for the deprecation. keyCode seems not to be deprecated for some while.

However, we still do not recommend using keyCode just as the documentation says. Please avoid using it, and update existing code if possible. Even though there could be a roadmap before its official deprecation, it is better to prepare for it from now on. Just to name a few, alternatives you can migrate to are key and code properties.

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