CLASSIC enter key fires tab action to focus on other ctrl not working in ff

[JeanLuc]

Hi,the following code works in the latest version of IE but doesnt work in the latest version of FireFox. Tried everything on available on the web. Im using ASP.NET & VS2008 but have this code on the client:

javascript:if (event.keyCode==13) {event.keyCode=9; return event.keyCode }

Thanks.

[Dormilich]

IE uses a different event model than all other browsers. put simply, there is no global event object in FF.

the standard (DOM) defines that the event object is passed as first and only parameter in the executing function:

function test(evt)
{
    alert(evt.keyCode);
}
window.addEventListener("keydown", test, false);

[JeanLuc]

You are AWESOME. THANKS! I was driving insane!

[Dormilich]

it doesn’t get better once you discover, what awesome stuff you can do with DOM3 Events.

[JeanLuc]

yet, if i have window.addEventListener("keydown", Test, false); and the following, i cant throw a TAB action.

        function Test(evt) {
            var keynum;
            keynum = evt.which;
            alert(keynum);
            keynum = 9;
            alert(keynum);
            return keynum; 
        }

Any hints? Thanks.

[Dormilich]

what do you mean by "throw a tab action"?

[JeanLuc]

Hi,what i want is that when a user presses ENTER key the focus goes to the next control in FireFox.
If you press the TAB key in any page, you will see that the focus moves from control to control, i want to do that when a user presses the ENTER key. In IE i can capture the keyCode, i can see if its value is 13 (thats ENTER) and edit its value by a 9(thats TAB), so that i can then return the keyCode.
Example:if (event.keyCode==13) {event.keyCode=9; return event.keyCode }