Re: [D3E] Last Call Feedback: expected 'char' values for certain 'key's in Key Values Set

I understand "Enter", but why do the others even need special key names? For
example, can't "Add" just have the key name of "+"?

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Travis Leithead <travil@microsoft.com>wrote:

> Dear DOM Level 3 Events WG:
>
> In implementation of IE9's support for the 'key' and 'char' properties of
> the Keyboard event, we found that additional named keys provide char values,
> which are not explicitly called out in the current editor's draft of section
> 6.2.7.
>
> The subset we have identified so far, which we expect users to want char
> values for are listed below:
>
> key Name        Char value
> 'Add'           +
> 'Decimal'       .
> 'Divide'        /
> 'Enter'         \n
> 'Multiply'      *
> 'Subtract'      -
>
> It is our recommendation that these 'char' values be added to the spec's
> list of Key Values Set.
>
>