Listen to key down event for input text element in JavaScript
Description
The following code shows how to listen to key down event for input text element.
Example
<HTML>
<BODY>
<SCRIPT>
function checkKey(e) {<!-- w w w . j a v a 2s. c o m-->
document.writeln("You entered the character "
+ String.fromCharCode(e.keyCode) + ".");
}
</SCRIPT>
<FORM name="theForm">
<INPUT type=text name="theText" onKeyDown="checkKey(event);">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>