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JavaScript - detect when esc key was pressed

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In this article, we would like to show you how to detect when the escape key was pressed using JavaScript.

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In this example, we use the key property that returns the value of the pressed key and then we compare it to the 'Escape' to detect when the ESC key was pressed.

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  1. KeyboardEvent.key - Web APIs | MDN

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