So very very close…
You just needed to override the ‘which’ property. Here’s some sample code:
document.addEventListener('keydown', e => console.log(
'altKey : ' + e.altKey + '\n' +
'charCode (Deprecated) : ' + e.charCode + '\n' +
'code : ' + e.code + '\n' +
'ctrlKey : ' + e.ctrlKey + '\n' +
'isComposing : ' + e.isComposing + '\n' +
'key : ' + e.key + '\n' +
'keyCode (Deprecated) : ' + e.keyCode + '\n' +
'location : ' + e.location + '\n' +
'metaKey : ' + e.metaKey + '\n' +
'repeat : ' + e.repeat + '\n' +
'shiftKey : ' + e.shiftKey + '\n' +
'which (Deprecated) : ' + e.which + '\n' +
'isTrusted : ' + e.isTrusted + '\n' +
'type : ' + e.type
));
Podium = {};
Podium.keydown = function(k) {
var oEvent = document.createEvent('KeyboardEvent');
// Chromium Hack
Object.defineProperty(
oEvent,
'keyCode',
{
get : function() {
return this.keyCodeVal;
}
}
);
Object.defineProperty(
oEvent,
'which',
{
get : function() {
return this.keyCodeVal;
}
}
);
if (oEvent.initKeyboardEvent) {
oEvent.initKeyboardEvent("keydown", true, true, document.defaultView,
false, false, false, false, k, k);
}
else {
oEvent.initKeyEvent("keydown", true, true, document.defaultView,
false, false, false, false, k, 0);
}
oEvent.keyCodeVal = k;
if (oEvent.keyCode !== k) {
alert("keyCode mismatch " + oEvent.keyCode + "(" + oEvent.which + ")");
}
document.dispatchEvent(oEvent);
}
//Sample usage
Podium.keydown(65);
Note: this code is not designed to work in IE, Safari, or other browsers. Well, maybe with Firefox. YMMV.