[Javascript] capturing onkeydown in Mozilla

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>     As the subject suggests, I'm trying to catch onkeydown in a text
>input field and call a function as a result.  If I do this,
>
><input type="text" name="countryList_searchBox"
>id="countryList_searchBox" onkeydown="alert('gabooga')" >
>
>I get the expected alert... BUT when I change the onkeydown event
>handler to
>
>onkeydown="ELB_CheckFilter"

onkeydown="ELB_CheckFilter()"

>which points to this function
>
>function ELB_CheckFilter(evt) {
>	alert("Checking event");
>	}
>
>I never get an alert!  What am I doing wrong?

You use inline event handlers, so you should actually call the function (ie. 
add brackets), instead of just assigning it to the event handler.

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