On 5/21/07, james_027 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Is there a difference between to two? Any guidelines on which one to use on a certion situation?
There are three javascript events that can fire when a key is pressed: keydown keyup keypress Here's a great reference for figuring out what happens on each one depending on what key you're looking at/for: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/keys.html Generally keydown is needed to capture special keys (Ctrl, Alt, Caps, Arrows) that don't fire keypress, and sometimes to prevent the normal behavior of a keypress/combination (by returning false or stopping propagation). Ex: prevent enter from adding a newline in a textarea or editable div. - Richard D. Worth
