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KeyboardEvent: keyIdentifier property

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The deprecated KeyboardEvent.keyIdentifier read-only property returns a "key identifier" string that can be used to determine what key was pressed. Its non-deprecated replacement is {{domxref("KeyboardEvent.key")}}.

Specifications

Not part of any current specification. This property was part of an old draft of the DOM Level 3 Events Specification, but it was removed in later drafts in favor of {{domxref("KeyboardEvent.key")}}.

Browser compatibility

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