[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63759: Replace event.keyCode with event.key

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#63759: Replace event.keyCode with event.key
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 Reporter:  joedolson    |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  javascript
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Comment (by joedolson):

 @jonsurrell I'd say that having a package that depends on a deprecated
 property continuing to be supported is a bit risky. But it does have the
 advantage that it's already abstracted, so if it needs to be updated at
 some point, that should be pretty manageable.

 I'm more concerned about the core scripting, because it's not abstracted,
 so if any browser actually removed keyCode, it would be a pretty big
 project to resolve it. I think that the abstractions in
 @wordpress/keycodes make that a much easier task.

 I don't honestly think there's a lot of risk here - there's just too much
 dependence on `keyCode` across the web for it to be removed, but we can
 reduce the surface of the problem pretty easily.

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