Bug 28905 (keypress) - backspace doesn't fire keypress event
Summary: backspace doesn't fire keypress event
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 16429
Alias: keypress
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML Editing (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: PC Windows Vista
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Reported: 2009-09-02 01:25 PDT by jaroslav.benc
Modified: 2009-09-04 13:58 PDT (History)
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Description jaroslav.benc 2009-09-02 01:25:11 PDT 
Test case: 
document.addEventListener('keypress', function(){
   alert("keypress");
}, true);

alert is not shown when backspace is pressed

keydown event works well.
Comment 1 Alexey Proskuryakov 2009-09-04 13:58:05 PDT 
This is by design (matching Internet Explorer behavior).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 16429 ***