Use keydown instead of keyup to prevent scrolling with space-bar

To prevent scrolling with the spacebar using the keydown event instead of keyup, you can listen for the spacebar key using JavaScript and prevent the default behavior of the key if it is pressed down.

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document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
  if (event.code === 'Space') {
    event.preventDefault();
  }
});
Programming Language: Javascript

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Use keydown instead of keyup to prevent scrolling with space-bar

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