Can anyone explain the onkeydown method

Showtime99 · Jan 6, 2005

Hello,

I'm trying to use the onkeydown method to capture keystrokes of users on my webpage. Can anyone give a brief example of how to use this method, as this is foreign to me.

For example, if someone tried to enter: "my favorite color is red", how could I retrieve this with the onkeydown method.

Thanks in advance,
Showtime

tgreer · Jan 6, 2005

I wouldn't suggest using the onkeydown event for your example. It would fire on every single keypress. That's useful to trap a certain specific key, such as "enter".

In your case, I think you want the "onchange" event.

When the value of a textbox changes, that event fires.

So an example:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showText(x)
{
  alert(x.value);
}
</script>
<body>
<form>
<input type="text" id="myTextBox" onchange="showText(this);" />
</form>
</body>
</head>
</html>

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Can anyone explain the onkeydown method

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