Keycode is always zero in Chrome for Android

Question

I need to detect the keycode for a custom search box on my website, but the keycode always returns as zero on Chrome for Android (except for backspace, which returns 8). Has anyone else experienced this, and how did you get around it? Our website works on all mobile browsers except Chrome for Android because we can't detect a non-zero keycode or charcode.

I'm running Chrome 27.0.1453.90 on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The problem can be duplicated with something as simple as:
alert(event.keyCode);

Answer 1

below solution also work for me. might be useful for others also.

var getKeyCode = function (str) {
    return str.charCodeAt(str.length - 1);
}

document.getElementById("a").onkeyup = function (e) {
    var kCd = e.keyCode || e.which;
    if (kCd == 0 || kCd == 229) { //for android chrome keycode fix
        kCd = getKeyCode(this.value);
    }
    alert(kCd)
}