Replacement for deprecated `keypress` DOM event

There seems to be no data on browser support for beforeinput event. MDN has a link to it here, but the page doesn't exist. Do you have any additional info on this event?

That's true, but keydown is a little bit different. In this question, I'm trying to figure out the exact replacement for using when it's time to stop using keypress. If spec authors intend beforeinput for this purpose, I believe it should be more exact match.

Completely agree with you. Very disappointing that keypress is deprecated so early when there is actually no direct replacement provided in the real world leaving developers with the tough choice on their own.

@AlexanderAbakumov - That's the point of deprecation though, to warn users to avoid using the feature, in this case because it has interoperability problems. The reality is, of course, that no mainstream browser will ever stop implementing keypress, because doing so would break a large swathe of existing websites. All it means at present is that you should start thinking about how to use a combination of keydown, beforeinput, input, and keyup events instead. You could seek to detect beforeinput support and use it if it is available, falling back to keypress otherwise.

@Alohci Thank you. Just to make it more clearly, I'm not againt this deprecation in general. But the really nasty part of this specific situation is that it's deprecated too early. A deprecation is good only after providing a replacement that's doable practically with comparable level of effort. I believe no dev team having working apps with keypress (which is the most popular option for restricting character set for inputs) would try messing with keydown, input, and keyup events just because beforeinput isn't available yet.