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onkeyup

Description

Fires when the user releases a key.

Return Value

Returns a number specifying the keycode of the key released.

Remarks

The return value can be used to override the keycode value. This event will bubble. Events that bubble can be handled on any parent element of the object that fired the event.

To cancel the keystroke, use the following code in the onkeyup event:

event.returnValue=false;

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HR, I, IMG, INPUT, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, document


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