RE: "keyIdentifier" Sucks

> From: www-dom-request@w3.org [mailto:www-dom-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Doug Schepers
> 
> Sean Hogan wrote (on 9/22/09 12:13 AM):
> >
> > Doug Schepers wrote:
> >>
> >> Here are some counter-proposals, in roughly descending order of my
> >> preference:
> >> 1) keyname (I'd need to come up with some other term for what I'm
> >> calling a "key name" in the spec, but that's fine)
> >> 2) keystring
> >> 3) keyvalue
> >> 4) keyaddress
> >> 5) keyid (I don't like this one for a number of reasons)
> >> 6) keypeek (joke)
> >>
> > The XBL spec uses "key" for event filtering. Seems okay to me.
> 
> Too general.  When you're describing the feature, you need a more specific
> hook.  Just saying "key" doesn't distinguish it from a physical key,
> keyCode/charCode, a VK, or even a scancode.

A few more choices to consider...

keyresult
keychar
keyinput
keytext
charvalue
[*]Unicode (to provide easy access to the Unicode string?)

Received on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 14:44:32 UTC