Web/API/Element/keyup event

The keyup event is fired when a key is released.

Bubbles	Yes
Cancelable	Yes
Interface	`KeyboardEvent`
Event handler property	`onkeyup`

The keydown and keyup events provide a code indicating which key is pressed, while keypress indicates which character was entered. For example, a lowercase "a" will be reported as 65 by keydown and keyup, but as 97 by keypress. An uppercase "A" is reported as 65 by all events.

Since Firefox 65, the keyup and keydown events are now fired during IME composition, to improve cross-browser compatibility for CJKT users (bug 354358, also see keydown and keyup events are now fired during IME composition for more useful details). To ignore all keyup events that are part of composition, do something like this (229 is a special value set for a keyCode relating to an event that has been processed by an IME):

eventTarget.addEventListener("keyup", event => {
  if (event.isComposing || event.keyCode === 229) {
    return;
  }
  // do something
});

Examples

addEventListener keyup example

This example logs the KeyboardEvent.code value whenever you release a key inside the <input> element.

<input placeholder="Click here, then press and release a key." size="40">
<p id="log"></p>

const input = document.querySelector('input');
const log = document.getElementById('log');

input.addEventListener('keyup', logKey);

function logKey(e) {
  log.textContent += ` ${e.code}`;
}

onkeyup equivalent

input.onkeyup = logKey;

Specifications

Specification	Status
UI Events	Working Draft

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`keyup` event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown