capture down arrow from inside select list . 1

[niblet]

Hi,

I am using the onkeypress event in a select list and have no problem catching keys from in main keyboard, however, I would like to capture the down arrow, but I don't seem to be able to do that with the onkeypress.

My goal is, as a list is scrolled, I would like to display using window.createPopup() more detailed information about the current item in the list. When I use the onkeypress I am able to do it, providing i press within the main keyboard, but since people are gonna scroll using the down arrow, I need to catch that key press. As a test I just did onkeypress="alert(event.keyCode)" just to see if I can read the key, the alert does not occur on the down arrow press.


Does anyone know if this is possible ..

thanks
niblet

 

[jemminger]

niblet,

use onkeydown. on my winNT ie5.5 machine, they translate to:

L=37
U=38
R=39
D=40

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if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[niblet]

Jeff,

that was it exactly ... One thing to note, in order for the list to scroll I needed to advance the index in the drop down list in my evalKey() function, and I had to also force the tab advance to the next field.

But I got my wish, I can pop out my windows on a the up/down scroll ... so thanks so much.

niblet