[Javascript] Event object in an iFrame

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>I have an .aspx page which displays, top and left navigation.  This page 
>also contains an iFrame which holds the main content. I am using the 
>onkeypress and onkeydown events to allow keyboard navigation.  The handlers 
>for these events in parent frame.
>
>The only way I can get access is to the event object is to pass the event 
>to the parent frame's hanler (shown below).  My question is, is there 
>another way to get a hold of this event object??

No. The iframe and its parent page are distinct pages, so you have to use 
cross-frame scripting (as you do) to pass anything from one page to the 
other. The pages don't share events.

What you're doing now is the best solution.

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