event.shiftKey is not detected in Fire fox

[rakeshvthu]

hi all,

we have a requirement to disable shift click and ctrl click.

i have code:

document.onmousedown = shiftEnter;
 
function shiftEnter(e) {
 if (event.shiftKey) {
 alert("shift key is disabled");
 return false;
 }
}
 

this code is not working in Fire fox, please help.

thanks,
rakesh.

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[acoder]

Browsers besides IE would use the 'e' while IE uses the global window.event.

For a cross-browser solution, use something like:

if (!e) var e = window.event;

then e will refer to the event.

[rakeshvthu]

Browsers besides IE would use the 'e' while IE uses the global window.event.

For a cross-browser solution, use something like:

if (!e) var e = window.event;

then e will refer to the event.

Thanks for quick reply but It doesnt worked, can you suggest some other way of handling this, detecting event.shiftKey/event.ctrlKey events in Fire Fox.

[acoder]

Thanks for quick reply but It doesnt worked, can you suggest some other way of handling this, detecting event.shiftKey/event.ctrlKey events in Fire Fox.

What does your code look like now?

[rakeshvthu]

What does your code look like now?

        function shiftEnter(e) {
            if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") >= 0) { 
                if ( event.shiftKey || event.ctrlKey ) {
                    alert("MSIE");
                  var msg = "<bean:message key='home.player.operationNotAllowed' />";
                  alert(msg);
                   return false;
                }
            } else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") >= 0) {
                if(!e){
                    alert("Fire fox");
                    var e = window.event;
                    if( e.shifyKey || e.ctrlKey ){
                      var msg = "<bean:message key='home.player.operationNotAllowed' />";
                      alert(msg);
                       return false;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
 

My code looks like this, please inform if anything wrong.

[acoder]

Yes, there's no need for browser detection. Try this:

function shiftEnter(e) {
    if (!e) var e = window.event;
    if (e.shiftKey || e.ctrlKey ) {
      var msg = "<bean:message key='home.player.operationNotAllowed' />";
      alert(msg);
      return false;
    }
}

[rakeshvthu]

Yes, there's no need for browser detection. Try this:

function shiftEnter(e) {
    if (!e) var e = window.event;
    if (e.shiftKey || e.ctrlKey ) {
      var msg = "<bean:message key='home.player.operationNotAllowed' />";
      alert(msg);
      return false;
    }
}

Sorry it is not working :( , is there any other different way to solve this problem.

[kvijayhari]

hi the following code worked nicely for me both in ie and firefox...

<script language=javascript>
document.onmousedown = shiftEnter;
function shiftEnter(e) {
    if (!e) var e = window.event;
    if (e.shiftKey || e.ctrlKey ) {
          var msg = "<bean:message key='home.player.operationNotAllowed' />";
            alert(msg);
            return false;
       }
}
</script>

there is no reason the code shouldn't work for u..

do u get any errors or warnings??

if s please post the error or warning u r getting..

[acoder]

It works for me in Firefox. Can you post the rest of your code (if it's not too much). Maybe something else is affecting the script.

Edit: Thanks kvijayhari. You posted before I managed to finish typing.