# \[FEATURE-15040\] keyDown event at the document level

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-15040-keydown-event-at-the-document-level/34125>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-15040-keydown-event-at-the-document-level/34125 "2020-04-22T16:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-15040-keydown-event-at-the-document-level/34125/1 "2020-04-22T16:58:25Z")

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Is there a way to get the keyDown event at the document level in perspective? Right now I can only seem to get the keyDown event if the event occurs on a component that takes keyboard input such as a textbox or textarea. I want to be able to see the keyDown event all the time when on a page whether they are in a textbox or not. In javascript I have been able to do this by adding an event listener to the document element.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-15040-keydown-event-at-the-document-level/34125/2 "2020-04-22T17:08:02Z")

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Not presently. ‘Global’ key event listeners, similar to what is available in Vision, is something we’d like to support, but it hasn’t risen to the top of the pile yet.