specific key press event

[birarai]

How do i get the 'keypress' event to capture only the 'enter' key
event? The 'keypress' event captures all key press events.

input.addEventListener('keypress', sendButtonPressed, true);

Thanks

birarai

 

[one man army]

How do i get the 'keypress' event to capture only the 'enter' key
event? The 'keypress' event captures all key press events.

input.addEventListener('keypress', sendButtonPressed, true);

I'd guess that the technique is to act on the keypress you are
interested in, and leave the others alone, that way they can cascade
when added in different objects. In DOM/Javascript this seems to be with
a return value of true or false.

 

[Gérard Talbot]

birarai wrote :

How do i get the 'keypress' event to capture only the 'enter' key
event? The 'keypress' event captures all key press events.

Not all. Only non-printable characters.

input.addEventListener('keypress', sendButtonPressed, true);

Thanks

birarai

You can find all the info you need with (studying/examining) these 2
webpages:

http://www.din.or.jp/~hagi3/JavaScript/JSTips/Mozilla/Samples/KeyEvent.htm

http://www.w3.org/2002/09/tests/keys.html

Hint: Query the keyCode if equal to 13 on a keypress.
If you are trying to cancel a form submission, then there are much
better ways to do this.

Gérard

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

birarai wrote :

Not all. Only non-printable characters.

IBTD.


PointedEars