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/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman 

John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/


<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Keyboard Event Handler Lab</TITLE>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
TD {text-align:center}
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function init() {
    document.onkeydown = showKeyDown
    document.onkeyup = showKeyUp
    document.onkeypress = showKeyPress
}
function showKeyDown(evt) {
    evt = (evt? evt : window.event
    document.getElementById("pressKeyCode").innerHTML = 0
    document.getElementById("upKeyCode").innerHTML = 0
    document.getElementById("pressCharCode").innerHTML = 0
    document.getElementById("upCharCode").innerHTML = 0
    restoreModifiers("")
    restoreModifiers("Down")
    restoreModifiers("Up")
    document.getElementById("downKeyCode").innerHTML = evt.keyCode
    if (evt.charCode) {
        document.getElementById("downCharCode").innerHTML = evt.charCode
    }
    showModifiers("Down", evt)
}
function showKeyUp(evt) {
    evt = (evt? evt : window.event
    document.getElementById("upKeyCode").innerHTML = evt.keyCode
    if (evt.charCode) {
        document.getElementById("upCharCode").innerHTML = evt.charCode
    }
    showModifiers("Up", evt)
    return false
}
function showKeyPress(evt) {
    evt = (evt? evt : window.event
    document.getElementById("pressKeyCode").innerHTML = evt.keyCode
    if (evt.charCode) {
        document.getElementById("pressCharCode").innerHTML = evt.charCode
    }
    showModifiers("", evt)
    return false
}
function showModifiers(ext, evt) {
    restoreModifiers(ext)
    if (evt.shiftKey) {
        document.getElementById("shift" + ext).style.backgroundColor = "#ff0000"
    }
    if (evt.ctrlKey) {
        document.getElementById("ctrl" + ext).style.backgroundColor = "#00ff00"
    }
    if (evt.altKey) {
        document.getElementById("alt" + ext).style.backgroundColor = "#0000ff"
    }
}
function restoreModifiers(ext) {
    document.getElementById("shift" + ext).style.backgroundColor = "#ffffff"
    document.getElementById("ctrl" + ext).style.backgroundColor = "#ffffff"
    document.getElementById("alt" + ext).style.backgroundColor = "#ffffff"
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onLoad="init()">
<H1>Keyboard Event Handler Lab</H1>
<HR>
<FORM>
<TABLE BORDER=CELLPADDING=2>
<TR><TH></TH><TH>onKeyDown</TH><TH>onKeyPress</TH><TH>onKeyUp</TH></TR>
<TR><TH>Key Codes</TH>
    <TD ID="downKeyCode">0</TD>
    <TD ID="pressKeyCode">0</TD>
    <TD ID="upKeyCode">0</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TH>Char Codes (IE5/Mac; NN6)</TH>
    <TD ID="downCharCode">0</TD>
    <TD ID="pressCharCode">0</TD>
    <TD ID="upCharCode">0</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TH ROWSPAN=3>Modifier Keys</TH>
    <TD><SPAN ID="shiftDown">Shift</SPAN></TD>
    <TD><SPAN ID="shift">Shift</SPAN></TD>
    <TD><SPAN ID="shiftUp">Shift</SPAN></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD><SPAN ID="ctrlDown">Ctrl</SPAN></TD>
    <TD><SPAN ID="ctrl">Ctrl</SPAN></TD>
    <TD><SPAN ID="ctrlUp">Ctrl</SPAN></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD><SPAN ID="altDown">Alt</SPAN></TD>
    <TD><SPAN ID="alt">Alt</SPAN></TD>
    <TD><SPAN ID="altUp">Alt</SPAN></TD>

</TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Related examples in the same category
1.  Catches and manages the keyboard's events
2.  Key and Character Codes vs. Event Types
3.  Shift key pressed?
4.  Unicode of the key pressed
5.  Displaying keyCode Property Values
6.  Displaying charCode and keyCode Property Values
7.  Checking Events for Modifier Keys
8.   Checking Events for Key and Mouse Button Pressed
9.  Handle arrow key, control, alt








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