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Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ?

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In article <9np21iF4v2U1@mid.individual.net>,
 "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> wrote:

> *************    my original code *******
> function setonpress() {
> var el ;
> var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input") ;
> 
> // now we have to add a keypress function to each of them
> for (var i=0;i<=inputs.length;i++) {
>    el = inputs[i] ;
>    if (el.type === "text") {
>       window.alert("type of el.onKeyPress = "+ typeof el.onKeyPress) ;   // 
> always results in 'undefined'

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"?

>       return true;      // get out on 1st field for testing purposes.    // 
> I leave quickly while testing
>       } ;
>    }
> }
> 
> *******************************

-- 
Tim

"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted"  --  Bill of Rights 1689

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How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-01-18 15:47 -0700
  Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-01-18 22:55 +0000
    Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-01-18 16:13 -0700
      Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-01-18 23:25 +0000
        Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-01-18 16:31 -0700
      Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-01-18 23:39 +0000
        Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-01-18 16:53 -0700
  Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "J.R." <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2012-01-18 23:26 -0200
  Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? Dr J R Stockton <reply1203@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 23:42 +0000
    Re: How to set 'onKeyPress ...' programmatically ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-01-19 17:07 -0700

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