Part of DOM Level 3 is a new set of keyboard event attributes[1], including a string value[2] which can make this whole keyboard mess much simpler. Unfortunate

Part of DOM Level 3 is a new set of keyboard event attributes[1], including a string value[2] which can make this whole keyboard mess much simpler. Unfortunately none of the browser vendors have implemented this - which I find irritating considering so much time is spent on things like the GamePad API. [1]: http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#keys http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#keys [2]: http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#key-values-list http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#key-values-list