Snippet - Keyboard Input for HTML5 Games

Examples of use:
If you wanted to check if the A key is pressed down:

if (isKeyPressed('a')==true) { /* do whatever */ }

If you wanted to check for the left arrow key being pressed:

isKeyPressed('left')

For escape key:

isKeyPressed('esc')

The Code:

window.addEventListener('keydown',keyPressDown,true);
window.addEventListener('keyup',keyPressUp,true);

function keyPressDown(evt){
 keys[evt.keyCode] = true;
}
function keyPressUp(evt){
 keys[evt.keyCode] = false;
}


function isKeyPressed(checkKey) {
 
 // alphabet
 if ((checkKey == 'a' || checkKey == 'A') && (65 in keys && keys[65])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'b' || checkKey == 'B') && (66 in keys && keys[66])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'c' || checkKey == 'C') && (67 in keys && keys[67])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'd' || checkKey == 'D') && (68 in keys && keys[68])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'e' || checkKey == 'E') && (69 in keys && keys[69])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'f' || checkKey == 'F') && (70 in keys && keys[70])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'g' || checkKey == 'G') && (71 in keys && keys[71])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'h' || checkKey == 'H') && (72 in keys && keys[72])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'i' || checkKey == 'I') && (73 in keys && keys[73])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'j' || checkKey == 'J') && (74 in keys && keys[74])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'k' || checkKey == 'K') && (75 in keys && keys[75])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'l' || checkKey == 'L') && (76 in keys && keys[76])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'm' || checkKey == 'M') && (77 in keys && keys[77])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'n' || checkKey == 'N') && (78 in keys && keys[78])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'o' || checkKey == 'O') && (79 in keys && keys[79])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'p' || checkKey == 'P') && (80 in keys && keys[80])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'q' || checkKey == 'Q') && (81 in keys && keys[81])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'r' || checkKey == 'R') && (82 in keys && keys[82])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 's' || checkKey == 'S') && (83 in keys && keys[83])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 't' || checkKey == 'T') && (84 in keys && keys[84])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'u' || checkKey == 'U') && (85 in keys && keys[85])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'v' || checkKey == 'V') && (86 in keys && keys[86])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'w' || checkKey == 'W') && (87 in keys && keys[87])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'x' || checkKey == 'X') && (88 in keys && keys[88])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'y' || checkKey == 'Y') && (89 in keys && keys[89])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'z' || checkKey == 'Z') && (90 in keys && keys[90])){
  return true;
 }
 
 
 //numbers
 else if ((checkKey == '0') && (48 in keys && keys[48])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '1') && (49 in keys && keys[49])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '2') && (50 in keys && keys[50])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '3') && (51 in keys && keys[51])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '4') && (52 in keys && keys[52])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '5') && (53 in keys && keys[53])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '6') && (54 in keys && keys[54])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '7') && (55 in keys && keys[55])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '8') && (56 in keys && keys[56])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == '9') && (57 in keys && keys[57])){
  return true;
 }
 
 
 // special keys
 else if ((checkKey == 'left' || checkKey == 'LEFT') && (37 in keys && keys[37])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'right' || checkKey == 'RIGHT') && (39 in keys && keys[39])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'up' || checkKey == 'UP') && (38 in keys && keys[38])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'down' || checkKey == 'DOWN') && (40 in keys && keys[40])){
  return true;
 }
 else if ((checkKey == 'esc' || checkKey == 'ESC' || checkKey == 'escape' || checkKey == 'ESCAPE' ) && (27 in keys && keys[27])){
  return true;
 }
 
}