How to set event.key for Chrome so I don't have to support IE6

Webkit doesn't support event.key and I'm migrating away from event.keycode.

[JAB Creations]

While finding out that event.keyCode has been deprecated I was surprised to discover that Chrome doesn't support event.key!

The closest thing I can think of is to maybe work with prototype.constructor though I don't have the time to research, merely do. Could someone help me past the research? Then once I understand it I'll work on the polyfill for Chrome and be more than happy to share it.

window.onkeydown = function(event)
{
 if (!event.key)
 {
 //Where do I go from here?
 }
}

[Fotiman]

I'm assuming you want event.keyCode.

[JAB Creations]

event.keyCode has been deprecated but Chrome doesn't support event.key so I'm just trying to figure out how to alert(event.key); and have it essentially alert(event.keyCode);. Here is what I've messed with...

window.onkeydown = function(event)
{
 if (!event.key)
 {
 Object.defineProperty(String.prototype,'key',
 {
 enumerable: false,
 configurable: false,
 writable: false,
 value: function(event.keyCode)
 {
 alert('event.keyCode = '+event.keyCode);
 }
 });
 }

 alert('event.key = '+event.key);
}

John

[Fotiman]

What about something like this:

(function () {
  var keyboardEvent = new KeyboardEvent({});
  if (!keyboardEvent.hasOwnProperty("key")) {
    Object.defineProperty(KeyboardEvent.prototype, "key", {
      get: function () {
        return this.keyCode;
      }
    });
  }
  window.onkeydown = function (event) {
    console.log(event.key);
  };
})();

[JAB Creations]

I posted the answer on my blog [jabcreations.com].

John