# W3C keyname | |
Tiny library that exports a function `keyName` that takes a keyboard event and | |
returns a | |
[`KeyboardEvent.key`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/key)-style | |
string. Will use the actual `key` property of the event if available, | |
and fall back to a value synthesized from the `keyCode` otherwise. | |
Probably often wrong on non-US keyboards, since the correspondence | |
between a key code and the character it produces when shift is held is | |
predicted based on a hard-coded table. Meant as a fallback for | |
`KeyboardEvent.key`, not a replacement. | |
The lookup tables from key codes (`event.keyCode`) to names are | |
exported as `base` (when Shift isn't held) and `shift` (when Shift is | |
held). | |
License: MIT | |