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I want to use Vue.js to output which key was pressed.

This code works:

window.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => { console.log(event.key); });

Something like that e.g.:

<div @keydown="getKey"> </div> 
getKey: function(event) { console.log(event.key) }
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    This does work, but in input boxes and textareas...it doesn't seem to work in divs though. Why can't you use the first example though? Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 20:04

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To achieve this you need to assign event listener to vue method:

 created() { window.addEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyDown); }, beforeDestroy() { window.removeEventListener('keydown', this.handleKeyDown); }, methods: { handleKeyDown(event) { console.log(event); } }
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Thanks man. Had a lot of trubble with "$refs.something" undefined! Ur solution helped wonders! I just moved the addEventListener to the mounted() lifecycle.

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