keypress faux event

[guest]

on IE keypress faux event for [Delete] key vs. keypress for "."

both have evt.keyCode of 46 so special logic is needed for faux events vs regular events. Is there a better way to handle this...

Perhaps have dojo.keys store a faux keyCode as well and test for that in the keypress?

dojo.keys = {

... DELETE: 46, fauxDELETE: "DELETE", ...

};

[sjmiles]

For DELETE charCode is 0, for "." it's 46. On Mozilla, the keyCode for "." is 0, but won't let us set that value.

The 0 charCode identifies non-printable characters, and can be tested cross-browser. In other words:

works on all supported browsers if (!e.charCode && e.keyCode == dojo.keys.DELETE) ...

or

works on all supported browsers switch(!e.charCode && e.keyCode){ switch on non-printables

case dojo.keys.DELETE:

...

[sjmiles]

First sentence should read:

For DELETE charCode is 0, for "." it's 46. On Mozilla, the keyCode for "." is 0, but IE won't let us set that value.

[sjmiles]

Sorry, code fragments got mangled. Wish I could edit trac entries. Anyway:

// works on all supported browsers 
if (!e.charCode && e.keyCode == dojo.keys.DELETE) ...

or

// works on all supported browsers 
switch(!e.charCode && e.keyCode){ // switch on non-printables
    case dojo.keys.DELETE: ...