How to get LOCALIZED character on keypress?

Question

I need to get localized character on keypress event. For example: on a Czech keyboard I need to get ř not 5 character (key code 53) (see Czech keyb

Answer 1

And make sure you are using 'keypress', but not 'keydown' event.

If you use 'keydown' String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode || event.which), it won't return you a localised character. At least this was an issue for me on OS X with Chrome / FF.