keycode for spacebar------i am getting an error on 32; was wondering if it changed

Calling the spacebar?  What, so it goes down all by itself?  With JavaScript?  That's amazing!

What are you trying to do?  It's 32 in decimal.  If you think it might ever change (I don't) you could always do if(event.keyCode == " ".charCodeAt(0)) - LOL!

If you're trying to mask it, don't forget you need a "return" in your event handler definition e.g. onkeyup="return ignoreSpacebar()", or event.returnValue = false; inside your event handler.

Similar to what Lee is talking about.- trying to convert another key for a client that wants a single key to act like the spacebar because they like hitting that key better.-

so say i want to hit the Y key and have it act like the spacebar--- when i was doing something like Lee wrote  onKeydown=" If(argue) {(?)}";  using 32 as the then part of the statement, it never acted like it converted the key to 32---sorry i'm not at home so can't remember the code, i can get it for you tonight. but basically , when i tried to say, hey that key is actualy keycode 32 or should behave that way, the page didn't know what i was talking about.--but if i converted it to another key it worked, just not on the spacebar

I've seen a similar situation here on EE where a keycode that worked for me did not work for another (backspace, IIRC).  That person had a French version of Windows.  I don't think that question ever was ever resolved.

1/ event.keyCode is read-only.

2/ If the client has abnormal preferences, the client ought to look into custom key-mapping software.

3/ If this is a game or something, you should probably consider a "redefine-keys" feature, in which case your code needs to be something like:

  onkeydown="if(event.keyCode == fireButton){fire()}"

...where fireButton is a variable.

4/ If the user is typing text into a field.  Then:

  onkeydown="if(event.keyCode == x){this.value+=' ';return false}"

...where x is the keyCode of the key that is to do the spacebar feature.

5/ I'm assuming that you're example of 'Y' instead of spacebar may be lending itself to checkboxes.  Space toggles a checkbox with focus, perhaps your client also wants 'Y' or 'N' to have meaning too, this would be like above but changing this.checked instead of this.value.

...and so on!

thanks so much i will try those suggestoins out.- it is like number 5 of lee's answer. i'll get back to you both soon.

cool, how would i get it to uncheck if i hit the "x" key again?--since it goes to false it just sits there?---so basically it toggles on and off with the  stroke of the key.