How can I get 'KeyDown' without writing 26 commands?

Question

EventHandler and {"KeyDown","x"} work for registering a specific letter. Is there a direct way to return whichever letter keys are pressed?

Answer 1

Perhaps something like this?:

DynamicModule[{key = ""}, 
 EventHandler[
  Dynamic[key],
  {"KeyDown" :> (key = CurrentValue["EventKey"])}
 ]]