Hot keys in browser based apps

[XgrinderX]

Hello!

Is there a way to incorporate hot keys into browser based applications OTHER THAN the accesskey property of certain HTML tags?

I am talking about a user being able to hit like Ctrl-P to pop up a window or something similar. Is there a way to do this?

-Greg

 

[Quinnie]

There is but there are a some catches. For exmaple in netscape you can't over-ride the default hotkeys (CTRL+P would print in your question). However if you use an unassigned key like CTRL+T then that should be fine. Here is some code for this :

<script language = &quot;javascript&quot;>

function keyDown(e) {
var realkey, keycode;
if (document.all) {
keycode = event.keyCode
realkey = String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode)
ctrlPressed = event.ctrlKey;
} else {
keycode = e.which
realkey = String.fromCharCode(e.which + 96)
ctrlPressed = (e.modifiers == Event.CONTROL_MASK);
}

if (ctrlPressed ) {
switch (realkey) {
case 't' :
//PUT CODE HERE FOR CTRL+T
alert('Done');
}
}
}

document.onkeydown = keyDown
if (!document.all) document.captureEvents(Event.KEYDOWN)

</script>

Hope this helps,

Kev

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[Targol]

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