[Javascript] capturing onkeydown in Mozilla

[Peter Brunone]

...and the 2004 "D'oh" award goes to... ME!

	I think I got mixed up because I've been assigning so many event
handlers through script lately; that and the sleep deprivation probably
had something to do with it.

	One question, though; if I use parens -- which indicates that
I'm calling the function with no parameters -- how do I pick up the
event object in the function?  Or do I have to assign the handler in
script for this to work?

Cheers,

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu On Behalf Of 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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