Problem with focus and keystrokes in IE 6 and 7

hitide · Nov 6, 2006

I made an interactive webpage, wich should be controlled with
keystrokes via javascript. My problem is, that in IE6 (witch latest
update) and IE 7 it does only work, when I place a mouseclick into the
page. No matter where. Then the keystroke is recognized and the desired
function (one page further) works. When the new page is loaded, the
problem starts again. The keystrokes are just recognized when I click
into the page.
Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
Johannes

Markus Ernst · Nov 6, 2006

hitide said:
I made an interactive webpage, wich should be controlled with
keystrokes via javascript. My problem is, that in IE6 (witch latest
update) and IE 7 it does only work, when I place a mouseclick into the
page. No matter where. Then the keystroke is recognized and the desired
function (one page further) works. When the new page is loaded, the
problem starts again. The keystrokes are just recognized when I click
into the page.
Can anyone help me?

I am not sure, but it is possible that in IE the focus is somewhere
outside the viewport when a page is loaded. Try to put the focus
somewhere inside the page on load:

<body onLoad="document.getElementById('startHere').focus()">
<div id="startHere">Now I guess the focus is here</div>

I have not tested this, though - it is just an idea.

hitide · Nov 6, 2006

Thanks for the quick answer, but unfortunally it does not work.
So I sit and wait for a new inspiration....

Thanks,
Johannes

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