21113 2013-02-26 06:37:32 +0000 Should KeyboardEvent.char really be set control characters? E.g., Cancel, Esc, Backspace and Del 2013-08-17 22:21:08 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG HISTORICAL - DOM3 Events unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 22071 1 masayuki travil garykac mike www-dom public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 83701 0 masayuki 2013-02-26 06:37:32 +0000 The key name list defines as following: http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/DOM-Level-3-Events/html/DOM3-Events.html#key-values-list key: char: 'Cancel' '\u0018' 'Esc' '\u001B' 'Backspace' '\u0008' 'Del' '\u007F' If web application developers want to make their own text editor, they don't need these control characters (i.e., they discards them with some code). And I have no idea that these values are useful for web application developers. So, I'd like to suggest that these keys' char value should be empty string. 86807 1 travil 2013-04-25 19:18:47 +0000 Gary will check what the current implementations do here... 86975 2 masayuki 2013-04-29 23:42:39 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > Gary will check what the current implementations do here... At least IE9 generated them. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/KeyboardEvent#keyname_table_win 89533 3 travil 2013-06-19 00:45:29 +0000 This bug is conditional on whether we keep char in the depends on bug. 92228 4 garykac 2013-08-17 22:21:08 +0000 #22071 has been fixed in the latest ED.