onKeyDown support

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

Do you think it might be possible to add an “onKeyDown” event handler in the next release?

Suppose I am in a grid and I want to catch Ctrl-f or the tab key and cancel it and then do my own thing

The only way to catch this is with an onKeyDown event.

I have been working with the onTab and onKeyPress and they insufficient. The event has already happened in the browser by the time these are called.

Here’s how to test:

  grid1.attachEvent('onKeyPress', function(code, shift){console.log(arguments);return false;})

Then press ctrl-f. The browser opens it’s search input box. If this were done in onKeyPress you can return false and the browser disregards the key sequence.

#2

You may add any needed event yourself.
For example:
dhtmlxEvent(mygrid.entBox, “keydown”, function(e){ … })