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Is there a list of how to detect which key a user presses on the keyboard for ALL keys

Nov 5th, 2004 09:17
Ky Dang, Michael Hall, http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/keycapture.html


Yes.
window.event.keyCode == ##
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example: Trap on ENTER key
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if (window.event.keyCode == 13)
{ myCodesHere; }
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where ## = Ascii code
09  = Tab
11  =Home
13  = Enter
32  = Space Bar
33  =   !
34  =   "
35  =   #
36  =   $
37  =   %
38  =   &
39  =   '
40  =   (
41  =   )
42  =   *
43  =   +
44  =   ,
45  =   -
46  =   .
47  =   /
48  =   0
49  =   1
50  =   2
51  =   3
52  =   4
53  =   5
54  =   6
55  =   7
56  =   8
57  =   9
58  =   :
59  =   ;
60  =   <
61  =   =
62  =   >
63  =   ?
64  =   @
65  =   A
66  =   B
67  =   C
68  =   D
69  =   E
70  =   F
71  =   G
72  =   H
73  =   I
74  =   J
75  =   K
76  =   L
77  =   M
78  =   N
79  =   O
80  =   P
81  =   Q
82  =   R
83  =   S
84  =   T
85  =   U
86  =   V
87  =   W
88  =   X
89  =   Y
90  =   Z
91  =   [
92  =   \
93  =   ]
94  =   ^
95  =   -
96  =   `
97  =   a
98  =   b
99  =   c
100  =   d
101  =   e
102  =   f
103  =   g
104  =   h
105  =   i
106  =   j
107  =   k
108  =   l
109  =   m
110  =   n
111  =   o
112  =   p
113  =   q
114  =   r
115  =   s
116  =   t
117  =   u
118  =   v
119  =   w
120  =   x
121  =   y
122  =   z
123  =   {
124  =   |
125  =   }
126  =   ~