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event.which is not jQuery specific. Have you tried using event.keyCode?

Jeremy 2010-03-09 20:50:37

Thanks for the reply Jer. I already know how to use events normally. I would like to do this using jQuery if possible though that way that jQuery can take care of any cross platform incompatibilities for me.

Metropolis 2010-03-09 21:09:44

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jQuery does support event.which. How exactly are you binding your handler? Are you using jQuery? If you're doing:

jQuery("#element").click(function(evt) {
 //evt is a jQuery-normalized event object

});

It should work. You probably don't want to use event (notice that I am passing in evt versus event) as the parameter since it will collide with IE's event object. I believe this is the source of your problem.

EDIT

After reading your comment, you need to do something like this in a Javascript file that you reference from <HEAD>:

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
   //event-handling binding-code
});

Vivin Paliath 2010-03-09 20:56:20

Thanks for the reply Vivin. Right now I am calling this function from an HTML element and passing "event". Is there a way to pass in an event like this and have jQuery recognize it? I will not always know which element I am attaching it to since it is dynamic.

Metropolis 2010-03-09 21:03:22

What do you mean when you say that the element is dynamic?

Vivin Paliath 2010-03-09 21:47:46

Well I am using this inside a library, so I will be using this function in many different places. I did not really want to be adding the jQuery("#element").click inside a javascript file on every project I use this in. I was hoping to be able to keep it inline with an HTML element like above.

Metropolis 2010-03-09 22:06:27

Well either way you need to separate presentation (HTML) from behavior (Javascript). So you would need at the very least a Javascript file that you reference in `<HEAD>`. Check out my answer for an example

Vivin Paliath 2010-03-09 22:08:51

I know I can do it that way.....I was just wanting to know if there is a way to do it the way I showed above?

Metropolis 2010-03-10 14:54:44

I don't believe so. Even if it were, that would be a risky way. Why would you want to use `event` when you know it's ambiguous? So my suggestion is to programmatically bind events :)

Vivin Paliath 2010-03-10 22:06:53

Ok, thanks Vivin for all your help. I will just assume I can not do it, and forget about trying to do it that way :)

Metropolis 2010-03-10 22:43:49

I'm assuming the way you wanted to do it was with the `event` object? Yeah, that would be harder. As far as writing in the code in HTML I believe you *can* do that with jQuery, but I would advise against it. It's much better when you separate behavior from presentation. Makes it easier in the long run :)

Vivin Paliath 2010-03-10 23:14:05

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