Add code property to SyntheticKeyboardEvent

[jacobcarpenter]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

Improvement

What is the current behavior?

SyntheticKeyboardEvent does not currently support the code property.

code (MDN) is nice to have when you want to write key-specific handling—rather than input-specific (dependent on layout and modifier keys) handling.

What is the expected behavior?

SyntheticKeyboardEvent already exposes a keyCode property. It should have a code property as well.

Currently, if you want to use the keyboardEvent's code, you must access it through SyntheticKeyboardEvent's nativeEvent.

Which versions of React, and which browser / OS are affected by this issue? Did this work in previous versions of React?

Affects React 16 and earlier (I assume).

[flaviolivolsi]

I created the PR #11325 for this.

[thisizkp]

the above PR #11325 is stale and closed; should I pick this up? planning to replicate the same and follow the PR suggestions; any tips or idea?

[gaearon]

Can you give me an idea of how widely supported it is?

[lukaszgolder]

@gaearon According to https://caniuse.com/#feat=keyboardevent-code it is supported in all major desktop browsers. Are there any plans to implement this? I am not sure whether I should mark it with $FlowFixMe until this issue is resolved or don't use it at all.

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