Alert box obstructs key up events

[Laser Lips]

If I had events for key up and key down, If I was holding down the
shift key and I did something on the page which sparked an alert box
and then let go of the key while the alert box was still present, the
key up event does not fire and neither does a key press event.

Can anyone tell me how to get round this?

Thanks,
Graham

 

[rf]

If I had events for key up and key down, If I was holding down the
shift key and I did something on the page which sparked an alert box
and then let go of the key while the alert box was still present, the
key up event does not fire and neither does a key press event.

Can anyone tell me how to get round this?

You don't. The alert box has the focus and receives the events.

Incidently this reminds me of one of the ways to defeat those stupid
no-right-click things that pop up an alert saying "you can't save my
images". Simply press enter (to dismiss the alert) and then release the
mouse button and the friendly context menu appears

 

[Laser Lips]

You don't. The alert box has the focus and receives the events.

Incidently this reminds me of one of the ways to defeat those stupid
no-right-click things that pop up an alert saying "you can't save my
images". Simply press enter (to dismiss the alert) and then release the
mouse button and the friendly context menu appears

Thanks, in that case I need a way of testing whether the Shift or Crtl
keys are pressed.

Any ideas on that?

Graham

 

[Laser Lips]

Thanks, in that case I need a way of testing whether the Shift or Crtl
keys are pressed.

Any ideas on that?

Graham

Ahuh, I found this.....http://www.kourbatov.com/faq/ctrl_alt.htm

Graham

 

[The Natural Philosopher]

You don't. The alert box has the focus and receives the events.

Incidently this reminds me of one of the ways to defeat those stupid
no-right-click things that pop up an alert saying "you can't save my
images". Simply press enter (to dismiss the alert) and then release the
mouse button and the friendly context menu appears

The best answer to alert boxes is to create a popup box you design yourself.

You can have it any style you want, any z-index you want, and control it
completely.

 

[Laser Lips]

The best answer to alert boxes is to create a popup box you design yourself.

You can have it any style you want, any z-index you want, and control it
completely.

Like the one I built here http://cylo.co.uk/modalDialog.html

Graham