can't fire keypress event when press delete key

Question

I'm finding that the delete key doesn't fire the keypress event in Chrome, while other keys work. The problem doesn't occur in Firefox, just in chrome, why? Here is my code:

document.addEventListener('keypress', function (e) {
     console.log(e);
}, false);

Answer 1

Use keydown or keyup instead, it captures the delete key (as well as others that keypress doesn't, see http://www.quirksmode.org/js/keys.html)

document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
     console.log(e);
}, false);