control keyboard events

AW controls intercept DOM onkeydown and onkeypress events and trigger the internal keyboard events.

• onKeyPress (for all alphanumeric keys)
• onKeyA, onKeyB, ... onKeyZ
• onKey1, onKey2, ... onKey0
• onKeyLeft, onKeyRight, onKeyUp, onKeyDown
• onKeyHome, onKeyEnd, onKeyPageUp, onKeyPageDown
• onKeyEnter, onKeyEscape, onKeySpace, onKeyTab
• onKeyInsert, onKeyDelete, onKeyBackspace
• onKeyF1, onKeyF2, ... onKeyF12

also in combination with Ctrl-, Alt-, Shift-

• onKeyCtrl.., onKeyAlt.., onKeyShift..
• onKeyCtrlAlt.., onKeyCtrlShift.., onKeyAltShift..
• onKeyCtrlAltShift..

for example, onKeyCtrlA or onKeyAltShiftHome

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Syntax

obj.onKeyF4 = function(event){...};
obj.onKeyCtrlA = function(event){...};
obj.onKeyAltShiftHome = function(event){...};
...

Parameters

event (object) - DOM event

Example

obj.onKeyPress = function(event){
    var key = String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode || event.charCode);
    alert(key);
}

obj.onKeyF4 = function(event){
    alert("F4 key pressed");
}

<script> var obj = new AW.UI.List; obj.setItemText("item"); obj.setItemCount(5); document.write(obj); obj.onKeyPress = function(event){ var key = String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode || event.charCode); alert(key); } obj.onKeyF4 = function(event){ alert("F4 key pressed"); } </script>