Event handler for Enter key

[Simon Wigzell]

How can I interrupt the enter key so it won't trigger unwanted events on my
web page? I have tried this:

var defaultEventHan dler = obj.getEvent("o nkeydown");

var myEventHandler = function(event) {
if(event.keyCod e==13){
alert(obj.getPr operty("selecti on/index"));
}
else{
defaultEventHan dler.call(this, event);
}
}
obj.setEvent("o nkeydown", myEventHandler) ;

But it won't even enter the function. Thanks!

[Randy Webb]

Re: Event handler for Enter key

Simon Wigzell said the following on 8/11/2005 12:19 PM:[color=blue]
> How can I interrupt the enter key so it won't trigger unwanted events on my
> web page? I have tried this:[/color]

Redesign your webpage so that the enter key does not trigger unwanted
events.

What are you really trying to do?

--
Randy
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[Robert]

Re: Event handler for Enter key

Simon Wigzell wrote:[color=blue]
> How can I interrupt the enter key so it won't trigger unwanted events on my
> web page?[/color]

If I understand correctly you want to set a keypress event handler on
the document and see if the enter key is pressed and in that case
prevent any other events that it may trigger.

This is possible in the DOM2 Event Model, because you can catch events
in the 'capture phase'. However Internet Explorer only supports the
'bubbling phase'.

So to my knowledge what you want is unfortunately not possible.

Robert

[Simon Wigzell]

Re: Event handler for Enter key


"Robert" <robert@noreply .x> wrote in message
news:42fc5e8a$0 $11071$e4fe514c @news.xs4all.nl ...[color=blue]
> Simon Wigzell wrote:[color=green]
>> How can I interrupt the enter key so it won't trigger unwanted events on
>> my web page?[/color]
>
> If I understand correctly you want to set a keypress event handler on the
> document and see if the enter key is pressed and in that case prevent any
> other events that it may trigger.
>
> This is possible in the DOM2 Event Model, because you can catch events in
> the 'capture phase'. However Internet Explorer only supports the 'bubbling
> phase'.
>
> So to my knowledge what you want is unfortunately not possible.
>
> Robert[/color]

Yes, that is what I wanted, thanks. I'll have to work around it.