#Underscore-Keys

Few utilities to work with key events.

isKeyEvent(event)

Return true if the event is keypress, keydown or keyup.

_.isKeyEvent('keypress');  // True
_.isKeyEvent('click');  // False

isKey(key)

Return true if the string correspond to a key, either special or normal.

_.isKey('enter'); // True
_.isKey('foo'); // False
_.isKey('t'); // True

getKeyCode(key)

Return the keycode from the name of the key.

_.getKeyCode('enter'); // 13
// Works also for normal keys - letters, numbers, etc.
_.getKeyCode('w'); // 87

getKey(code)

Return the name of the key from the keycode.

_.getKey(27); // 'escape'
_.getKey(54); // '6'

Supported special keys

backspace tab enter shift ctrl alt capslock escape pageup pagedown end home left up right down insert delete