dojo drag and drop and key handlers

Question

Hi all,

I have a dojo.dnd.Source container with multiple dnd items. I'd like to give the user the option to select one of the dnd items in the source and then use their backwards/forwards keys to navigate to other items in the source. I've tried setting onkeyup/onkeydown handlers on the dnd items, but they don't seem to fire. I've also tried setting key handlers on the dnd source container, but no luck there either.

Any ideas on whether this is possible - if so, on what dom node should I attach my keyup/keydown listeners?

Thanks

Sean

PS - using dojo 1.3 in an Adobe AIR application.

Answer 1

In general key events are not position-specific like mouse events, and they target a focused node, like a radio button, or a text box. I suspect you don't have form nodes there. You can always try to emulate it yourself, but Dojo DnD doesn't support it out of the box.