Key and Character Codes vs. Event Types : Key Event « Event « JavaScript DHTML

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JavaScript DHTML » Event » Key Event 
Key and Character Codes vs. Event Types
 
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Example 6-1
"Dynamic HTML:The Definitive Reference"
2nd Edition
by Danny Goodman
Published by O'Reilly & Associates  ISBN 0-596-00316-1
http://www.oreilly.com
Copyright 2002 Danny Goodman.  All Rights Reserved.
************************************************************ -->
<html>
<head>
<title>Keyboard Events and Codes</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {font-family:Arial, sans-serif}
h1 {text-align:right}
td {text-align:center}
</style>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
// array of table cell ids
var tCells = ["downKey""pressKey""upKey""downChar""pressChar""upChar""keyTarget""character"];

// clear table cells for each key down event
function clearCells() {
    for (var i = 0; i < tCells.length; i++) {
      document.getElementById(tCells[i]).innerHTML = "&mdash;";
    }
}

// display target node's node name
function showTarget(evt) {
    var node = (evt.target? evt.target : ((evt.srcElement? evt.srcElement : null);
    if (node) {
        document.getElementById("keyTarget").innerHTML = node.nodeName;
    }
}

// decipher key down codes
function showDown(evt) {
    clearCells();
    evt = (evt? evt : ((event? event : null);
    if (evt) {
        document.getElementById("downKey").innerHTML = evt.keyCode;
        if (evt.charCode) {
            document.getElementById("downChar").innerHTML = evt.charCode;
        }
        showTarget(evt);
    }
}

// decipher key press codes
function showPress(evt) {
    evt = (evt? evt : ((event? event : null);
    if (evt) {
        document.getElementById("pressKey").innerHTML = evt.keyCode;
        if (evt.charCode) {
            document.getElementById("pressChar").innerHTML = evt.charCode;
        }
        showTarget(evt);
        var charCode = (evt.charCode? evt.charCode : evt.keyCode;
        // use String method to convert back to character
        document.getElementById("character").innerHTML = String.fromCharCode(charCode);
    }
}

// decipher key up codes
function showUp(evt) {
    evt = (evt? evt : ((event? event : null);
    if (evt) {
        document.getElementById("upKey").innerHTML = evt.keyCode;
        if (evt.charCode) {
            document.getElementById("upChar").innerHTML = evt.charCode;
        }
        showTarget(evt);
    }
}

// set page-wide event listeners
document.onkeydown = showDown;
document.onkeypress = showPress;
document.onkeyup = showUp;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Key and Character Codes vs. Event Types</h1> 
<hr>
<p>Enter some text with uppercase and lowercase letters:<br>
<form>
<input type="text" id="entry" size="60" 
       onkeydown="showDown(event)" 
       onkeypress="showPress(event)" 
       onkeyup="showUp(event)">
</textarea></p>
</form>
<table border="2" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5">
<caption>Keyboard Event Properties</caption>
<tr><th>Data</th><th>keydown</th><th>keypress</th><th>keyup</th></tr>
<tr><td>keyCode</td>
    <td id="downKey">&mdash;</td>
    <td id="pressKey">&mdash;</td>
    <td id="upKey">&mdash;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>charCode</td>
    <td id="downChar">&mdash;</td>
    <td id="pressChar">&mdash;</td>
    <td id="upChar">&mdash;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Target</td>
    <td id="keyTarget" colspan="3">&mdash;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Character</td>
    <td id="character" colspan="3">&mdash;</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>


           
         
  
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