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Chapter 12: Events
the exact character that was inserted, so if the S key is pressed without Shift, data is “ s “ , but if the same
key is pressed holding Shift down, then data is “ S ” .
The textInput event can be used as follows:
var textbox = document.getElementById(“myText”);
EventUtil.addHandler(textbox, “textInput”, function(event){
event = EventUtil.getEvent(event);
alert(event.data);
});
In this example, the character that was inserted into the text box is displayed in an alert.
As of early 2008, Safari 3 and Chrome are the only browsers that support the
textInput event. For this reason, the event is not useful for cross-browser solutions.
Keyboard Events on Devices
The Nintendo Wii fires keyboard events when buttons are pressed on a Wii remote. Although you can ’ t
access all of the buttons on the Wii remote, there are several that fire keyboard events. Figure 12 - 6
illustrates the key codes that indicate particular buttons being pressed.
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Figure 12-6
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