Enter key event in Navigator - HTML Forums

mitchell_1078 · 03-06-2005, 02:26 AM

Dear all,

I am trying to get keyevent (enter key) in my script. Following function works in IE but doesnt work in Navigator. If anybody knows how to get it in Navigator, please help me! Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

function submitenter(myfield,e)
{
var keycode;
if (window.event) keycode = window.event.keyCode;
else if (e) keycode = e.which;
else return true;

if (keycode == 13)
{
myfield.form.submit();
return false;
}
else return true;
}

_Aerospace_Eng_ · 03-06-2005, 02:32 AM

maybe u can try window.event.keyCode == 13 since keyCode is already a variable, you seem to be trying to declare it again

mitchell_1078 · 03-06-2005, 03:07 AM

Thank you but it doesnt work. I have already tried it.

ElectricSheep · 03-06-2005, 07:21 AM

This should work but we have not seen the rest of your code :

Stricter browsers need the event passed explicitly.

Change the first part of your function to this:

function submitenter(myfield,event)
{
var keycode;
if (event) keycode = event.keyCode;
else if (e) keycode = e.which;
else return true;

// leave the rest

Call the function like this:

submitenter('whatever',event)

For example :

<body onkeypress="submitenter('whatever',event)">

Also, I would advise you not to use the names of predefined properties as variable names.