# Virtual Keyboard event.key=Unidentified

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-keyboard-event-key-unidentified/42463>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-keyboard-event-key-unidentified/42463 "2021-01-20T22:27:54Z")\
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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:** [January 20, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-keyboard-event-key-unidentified/42463/1 "2021-01-20T22:27:54Z")

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I am trying to capture the onKeyDown event and use the key the user pressed, but when using chrome on android the key is Unidentified. Looks like the keyCode is coming through though. How can I convert the keyCode into a string?

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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:** [January 20, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-keyboard-event-key-unidentified/42463/2 "2021-01-20T22:48:51Z")

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the event.keyCode looks to always be 229 no matter what button i press on the virtual keyboard. The question becomes how do you determine what the user presses when they use the virtual keyboard?