Remove KeyEvent.keyIdentifier

Category: User input
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Removed (Chrome 54)
Intent stage: None

Summary

Remove the WebKit specific KeyEvent.keyIdentifier field. It is not specified in a current specification and has a number of interoperability concerns. The KeyboardEvent.key field is a suitable specified replacement for this field.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://w3c.github.io/uievents/
Firefox: No signal
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/607349

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/keyIdentifier

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