[Javascript] proper use of 'void' and WCAG/Section 508 ? [CLOSED]

Stone, Timothy tstone at cityofhbg.com
Fri May 2 10:52:18 CDT 2003


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>> Can I call onclick in onkeypress 

> onkeypress="whatever" where whatever is a legal JavaScript. If you use
> "return false;" you cancel the event, if you do nothing or 
> return true,
> it fires. You can also use "return this.onclick();" if you wish to
> connect it to the onclick handler.
> 

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liorean,

Thanks for the quick response and details. It looks to me that the best answer to the question is to state:

... onkeypress="return this.onclick();" ...

the simplicity of the solution escaped me. It meets the WCAG guidelines precisely.

Thanks again!

Tim


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