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HTML onkeypress Attribute - GeeksforGeeks

HTML onkeypress Attribute

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

This attribute fires when a user presses a key on the Keyboard. This event attribute can not be used for all keys (e.g. ALT, CTRL, SHIFT, ESC) in all browsers.
Supported Tags: All HTML elements, EXCEPT:

<base>
<bdo>
<br>
<head>
<html>
<iframe>
<meta>
<param>
<script>
<style>
<title>

Syntax:

<element onkeypress="script">

Attribute: The onkeydown attribute works for all keys in all browsers. The script will be run when onkeypress attribute call.
Note: This attribute has been DEPRECATED and is no longer recommended. The order of events that is related to the onkeypress events:

onkeydown
onkeypress
onkeyup

Example:

HTML


 <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>onkeypress attribute</title>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>onkeypress attribute</h2>
    <input type="text" onkeypress="GeeksForGeeks()">
    <script>
        function GeeksForGeeks() {
            alert("Welcome to GeeksForGeeks!");
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

HTML onkeypress Attribute Example Output

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by onkeypress event attribute are listed below:

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