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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 16:53:47 -0700
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"Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> wrote in message 
news:Xns9FDF6BFAC416eejj99@194.109.133.133...
> If something does not work, don't start with such complex code,
> try the most simple one, and then go debugging
>
> It turns out that the onkeypress should be all lowercase:
>
> Tested in Chrome:
> ============================
> <input id=a><br>
> <input id=b><br>
> <input id=c><br>
>
> <script type='text/javascript'>
> var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
> for (i=0;i<inputs.length;i++)
>    inputs[i].onkeypress = f;
>
> function f() {
>    alert(this.id);
> };
> </script>
> ============================


Hi Evertjan:

    Thanks for the code

    Will try again tomorrow -- I have a granddaughter who has to be taken to 
the airport in a few minutes.

-Mel