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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ?
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:31:07 -0700
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"Tim Streater" <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote in message 
news:timstreater-FEC2D1.23251318012012@news.individual.net...
> In article <9np21iF4v2U1@mid.individual.net>,
> Well you've not added it yet, have you?
>
>>        // I wish the focusOnElement function to be 'planted' in each of 
>> my 50+ text fields
>>        // and I don't what to have to type them in.
>>       el.onKeyPress = focusOnElement ;    // so this craps out :((
>
> What do you mean by "craps out"?


Hi Tim & Evertjan:

    Yes, you are (of course) correct !

    It occurred to me as I gave up in disgust, then returned a couple of 
minutes ago, and tried it out with an alert *after* the assignment.

    now, it returns 'function' as I wanted it to :))

    Now,. can I pass an argument to the function  (e.g., 
focusonElement(this) ).

    Anyway, I'll try it tomorrow and see what happens

Thank you both very much !

-Mel Smith