can't i get the caps lock status in js

[dmjpro]

i want to trap the toggle key status in js

plz help me...
thanks in advance

[acoder]

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/jslibs/htmlhigh/capsDetect.html

[acoder]

Also see this page for the explanation.

[coalnetpari]

thanks for reply
but i want to have the status whenever i want...
can't i change the status whenever i want
thanks in advance

[acoder]

thanks for reply
but i want to have the status whenever i want...
can't i change the status whenever i want
thanks in advance

You can't change the status (security reasons). It's possible using ActiveX but that will only work in IE.

[dmjpro]

can u refer to any site where i can get sample code or send me some sample code by which i can try it out

[acoder]

Try

Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
WSHShell.SendKeys "{CAPSLOCK}"

Not sure if you can use this within VBScript, but worth a try.

[dmjpro]

thanx for ur reply ...

i think i better to leave the idea
isn't it............. ....

[acoder]

Yes, definitely. I don't agree with messing with people's keyboards, etc. It confuses the user and opens a whole can of worms.

I can agree with read-only access (just find out the status) which you can do using the link to the script I gave earlier (though it's not direct, it uses a method to determine that). It can prove useful when entering passwords - you can inform the user that they may have left the caps lock key on by accident.