- From: Thomas Broyer <t.broyer@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:33:40 +0200
- To: Web Applications Working Group WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Web Applications Working Group Issue Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote: > > ISSUE-133 (keyCode and charCode): Consider specifying keyCode and charCode [DOM3 Events] > > http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/track/issues/133 > > Raised by: Doug Schepers > On product: DOM3 Events > > Simon Pieters <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2010JulSep/0160.html>: > [[ > Please specify keyCode and charCode, even if marked as 'obsolete'. I'm > pretty sure no browser is going to ship without at least one of them. (I > notice that charCode is undefined in Opera, keyCode always returns 0 in > Firefox, and in WebKit they both work.) > ]] See http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html and http://www.slideshare.net/pp.koch/yahoo-1337458 for researches on the subject. Basically, and practically, use keyCode in keyDown and keyUp events, and charCode in keyDown events (except in Opera, where keyCode can be used as a fallback). I can't tell how this would translate to spec text though. -- Thomas Broyer /tɔ.ma.bʁwa.je/
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