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Re: Problem with FF

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Martin Honnen wrote:

> Mel Smith wrote:
>>      I guess I just don't understand how FF works with 'events', and how
>>      it
>> is different with IE (7 or 9) or Chrome ??
>>
>> <div id="ipassword" >
>> Enter Drawmaster's<br />Password below<br />
>> <input type="password" id="ipwdfld" name="pwdfld"
>>    maxlength="6" size="6" value=""
>>    onkeypress="submitpwd();"/>
>> </div>
> 
> Well inside the onkeypress attribute's event handler code Mozilla
> provides you with an "event" object (passed in as an argument)

This appears to be ubiquitous among DOM-supporting browsers (down to 
Netscape 4.0), but I am not aware of a public standard or draft to specify 
it.  If anything, this feature should become part of the HTML5 Web 
Applications API.


PointedEars
-- 
Sometimes, what you learn is wrong. If those wrong ideas are close to the 
root of the knowledge tree you build on a particular subject, pruning the 
bad branches can sometimes cause the whole tree to collapse.
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Problem with FF "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-06-10 13:31 -0600
  Re: Problem with FF Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-11 08:45 +1000
    Re: Problem with FF "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-06-10 21:17 -0600
      Re: Problem with FF Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-10 21:12 -0700
      Re: Problem with FF Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2012-06-11 13:02 +0200
        Re: Problem with FF Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-11 13:28 +0200
          Re: Problem with FF Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2012-06-11 15:11 +0200
            Re: Problem with FF "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-06-11 08:11 -0600
              Re: Problem with FF "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-06-11 08:33 -0600
    Re: Problem with FF Dr J R Stockton <reply1224@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-11 18:32 +0100

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