shortcut

[julian_m]

(I've been told in alt.html that this problem is related to javascript)

How should I do to implement a shortcut inside a page. For instance,
whenever one presses "C" key inside Gmail site, "compose mail" page
appears inmediately. The same happens with many other shortcuts Gmail
has...

Could somebody tell me where should I start?

regards - jm

 

[julian_m]

(I've been told in alt.html that this problem is related to javascript)

How should I do to implement a shortcut inside a page. For instance,
whenever one presses "C" key inside Gmail site, "compose mail" page
appears inmediately. The same happens with many other shortcuts Gmail
has...

Could somebody tell me where should I start?

I found a site which has what I was looking for:
http://www.wsabstract.com/javatutors/javascriptkey3.shtml

But I need to modify it. The problem is that I can't trap the "r" key

What's the problem?


<script type="text/javascript">
function p_shortcut(e){
var unicode=e.keyCode? e.keyCode : e.charCode
if (unicode==72){
alert('r was pressed');
}
}
document.onkeypress=p_shortcut
</script>


regards - jm

 

[Evertjan.]

julian_m wrote on 04 apr 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

How should I do to implement a shortcut inside a page. For instance,
whenever one presses "C" key inside Gmail site, "compose mail" page
appears inmediately. The same happens with many other shortcuts Gmail
has...

What use is it having many shortcuts open "compose mail"??????????

;-)

===========

Please see:

<http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/accesskey.html>

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

(I've been told in alt.html that this problem is related to javascript)

It is not really.

How should I do to implement a shortcut inside a page. For instance,
whenever one presses "C" key inside Gmail site, "compose mail" page
appears inmediately. The same happens with many other shortcuts Gmail
has...

Could somebody tell me where should I start?

<URL:http://www.w3.org/html4/interact/forms.html#adef-accesskey>

Script-based solutions will not work without script support, this will.


PointedEars