event.charOrCode == dojo.keys.SPACE is false when triggered by space bar

[ole]

(event.charOrCode == dojo.keys.SPACE) is false for me when using the space bar to trigger the event.

(event.charOrCode == " ") is true and so is:

event.keyChar == " "

alert(dojo.keys.SPACE); >>> 32

When triggered by space bar:

alert(event.keyCode) >>> 0

Is the dojo.keys.SPACE value correct?

I'm using Firefox 3.5 / Linux / KDE 4.3

[Nathan Toone]

Looks like it's working for me. You want to be checking charCode - not keyCode.

[ole]

It's working for me to. I was trying to follow the rules given for "Keyboard Events" from the dojo campus events documentation:

​http://docs.dojocampus.org/quickstart/events

It does not mention charCode at all.

Thanks,

• Ole

[Douglas Hays]

use event.charOrCode == " ". dojo.keys.SPACE is used for keyCode checking. Since a space character can be represented by a single character, then that takes precedence to the keyCode representation.