onkeypress enter key

[SideShowBob1972]

I have some code which checks for the enter key being pressed and then executes some code.

function enterPressed(evn) {
if (window.event && window.event.keyCode == 13) {
Some code
} else if (evn && evn.keyCode == 13) {
Some Code
}
}
document.onkeypress = enterPressed;

It works on every browser except Safari on Mac.

Any suggestions?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Does Safari/Mac ever run either branch of the code? Have you tried putting alerts in to see if it does? Or, if it does, what values are given?

Dan



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[SideShowBob1972]

Safari/Mac does not run either branch of the code.

I have checked and when you press enter it does return keycode 13

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If it's not running either branch of the code, what did you get the 13 keycode from?



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[SideShowBob1972]

I just used some code to echo the keypress.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

OK - you have code (which we can't see) that gives you the value 13, but your existing code that tests for the value 13 fails.

So, how about using the code that gives you the value 13 in your tests?

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[SideShowBob1972]

I used the following code to echo the code of each key.

<script language="JavaScript">
document.onkeydown = checkKeycode
function checkKeycode(e) {
var keycode;
if (window.event) keycode = window.event.keyCode;
else if (e) keycode = e.which;
alert("keycode: " + keycode);
}
</script>

How do I adapt it to detect a specific key being pressed?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Instead of alerting keycode, just use it in your "if" statement.

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[SideShowBob1972]

How do I do that?

 

[Ascalonian]

Here is how I handle the enter key:

In HTML, I have:

<input type="text" id="someInput" onkeypress="handleEnter(this, event)" />

In my JavaScript file, I have:

function handleEnter(inField, e) {
    var charCode;
	
    if(e && e.which){
        charCode = e.which;
    }else if(window.event){
        e = window.event;
        charCode = e.keyCode;
    }

    if(charCode == 13) {
        alert("Enter was pressed on " + inField.id);
    }
}

 

[SideShowBob1972]

That worked great, thanks.

 

[Ascalonian]

You are certainly welcome )