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Default button for Enter Key

The below code is working fine for Default button for entry key.
document.onkeydown = fnTrapKeyDown;
function fnTrapKeyDown(e)
{
var intKeyPressed = document.all? event.keyCode: e.which;

if(intKeyPressed == 13)
{

document.getElementById('btnSearch').click();
return false;
}
}

But i want to implement the same functionality for many ASP pages, So i want to move fnTrapKeyDown function to common area and just
want to call document.onkeydown = fnTrapKeyDown and i would like to pass button name as parameter
document.onkeydown = fnTrapKeyDown('btnClick');
function fnTrapKeyDown(e)
{
var intKeyPressed = document.all? event.keyCode: e.which;

if(intKeyPressed == 13)
{

document.getElementById('btnClick').click();
return false;
}
}

This is not firing at all. What is the problem, Can you please help me out.

GaryRasmussen

Yu could do it ithis way. Keep the EnterKeyWasHit function in a "common" area.

function EnterKeyWasHit(evt)
{      evt = (evt) ? evt : event
      if (evt.which || evt.keyCode)
      {      if ((event.which == 13) || (event.keyCode == 13))
            {      return true
            }
      }
      else
      {      return false
      }
}

Then in your pages that are uniqe you can have these

function DoSomething(evt)
{      evt = (evt) ? evt : event
      if (EnterKeyWasHit(evt))
      {      alert ("Enter key was hit, Click button or call function")
      }
}

document.onkeydown = DoSomething

hielo

>> i would like to pass button name as parameter
OK, then when you do this =>document.onkeydown = fnTrapKeyDown('btnClick'); you are passing a string, so e.which; is NOT an event object. You need to pass the event object AND the string:

document.onkeydown = fnTrapKeyDown(window.event, 'btnClick');
function fnTrapKeyDown(e, objId )
{
var intKeyPressed = document.all? event.keyCode: e.which;

if(intKeyPressed == 13)
{

document.getElementById(objId).click();
return false;
}
}

jyothsna1803

ASKER

No, it is not recognising document.onkeydown = fnTrapKeyDown(window.event, 'btnClick'); event. if i click enter then no response from the browser.

GaryRasmussen

I don't think you can pass parameters when you initialize your events. The only way I know of to do what you want to do (keeping the "WasEnterKeyHit" common to all other unique pages) is the way I posted in the first reply.

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hielo

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