Re: Map button on form to key on keyboard

MikeB wrote on 10 mei 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

> I have a simple form that I'm using to learn something about HTML and
> JavaScript.
> 
> Can I associate a button on the form with a keyboard key so that when
> the user presses the keyboard key the form thinks the button has been
> clicked?

Yes you can, but not cross browser compatible.

> Background:
> I'm learning HTML and JavaScript. 

Do HTML first, Javascript is another piece of cake.

> We did a simple JavaScript that had
> a button that would add the numbers in two input fields.
 
Who is "we", is this a school assignment?

> I then thought it would be nice to change the form (and the
> JavaScript) to make a "real" calculator.http://fmechess.org/demo/
> calculator.html

Better come with som code that jou are imagining.
 
> What I would like to do is to make the calculator sensitive to normal
> presses of the keyboard keys, so that instead of clicking on the
> buttons to enter a calcualtion, the user can simply type on the
> keyboard. Is this possible?

Yes, see above.
 
> Thanks.
> 
> PS. I hope this is the right ng to ask in, I got "booted" out of the
> HTML ng for asking in there.  :)

Are you sure it was not because you are not showing you did do any 
reseach yourself before you asked? 

Look for HTML 'accesskey' on Google.

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