Count The Number of keyboard Keypress in an Input Text Field Using jquery

In this jQuery tutorial we will display the number of keyboard keypress in an input text field.

Step 1: HTML

Create an input text filed. And regions to display keypress count.

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<input type="text" name="" value="" />
<p class="number">Keypress Count: <span></span></p>
<p class="message">A key is pressed</p>

Step 2: jQuery

Use below jQuery code to count the keypress count in the input text field.
We can use jQuery keydown() method or keyup() method to count keypress.

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Full Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Count Keyboard Keypress Number</title>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
var i = 0;
$('input[type="text"]').keyup(function(){
$(".number span").text(i += 1);
$('.message').show().fadeOut('slow');
})
})
</script>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
.message {
display: none;
background: #bcd6cd;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" name="" value="" />
<p class="number">Keypress Count: <span></span></p>
<p class="message">A key is pressed</p>
</body>
</html>

Demo

Count The Number of keyboard Keypress in an Input Text Field

Step 1: HTML

Step 2: jQuery

Full Code

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