Several keys with identical key codes in AZERTY

For example the

• <kbd>shift</kbd><kbd>,</kbd> (?) and <kbd>shift</kbd><kbd>:</kbd> (/) both give keycode 191.
• The <kbd>=</kbd> and <kbd>shift</kbd><kbd>=</kbd> (+) both give 187
• The numbers (for which you normally need to press <kbd>shift</kbd>) all show as their keycode without shift, except <kbd>4</kbd>, which shows <kbd>'</kbd> 222 and <kbd>4</kbd> 52when <kbd>shift</kbd> is also pressed
• the @# key shows in both cases 192, a key which on Windows keyboards shows superscript 2 and 3

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Not really sure how this can be resolved since there will be loads of differences per language and different keys with the same keycode.

[cwadrupldijjit]

From what it looks like on the KeyboardEvent documentation on MDN, the reason for this and similar issues is the fact that the event.which and the event.code are both deprecated or not suggested for use, the reason for it being that they don’t really support cleanly the current keyboard layout of the user. I think generally using the event.key as well as the event.location is a better option for this.

I think this is less of a failing of this tool and more a failing of the browsers and one that cannot be undone because it’s now a feature websites use.

Additionally, I think that the real improvement would come from adding an event.location cell in the table on the bottom. I may do that when I have some time, though I’ve noticed that there are some PRs in here from years ago with little to no explanation as to why they weren’t merged. Is this project still being maintained?

[palashmon]

Thanks for your explanation on this issue. Looking forward to seeing your PR, whenever you get time. Closing this issue for now.