[Javascript] Keyboard navigation

[Terry Bader]

You can use event capturing for keys.  We capture the down-click events of the letter 'w' and that opens and closes the menus.  Then the regular arrow and tabbing can be used to tab between the links in the menu box.



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>Hi,
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>I need to implement a way of allowing a user to be able to pull down menu 
>options from my pages by using keypresses.  Ideally I want to simulate the 
>behouir that happens in windows e.g. whenever I press alt and the 'f' key, 
>the file menu drops down.  Then whenever I press the down key, I can scroll 
>up and down the menu options.
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>Is this possible using javascript?  Or how on earth can I do this??
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>Thanks
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>Paul
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