[Javascript] Keystroke event

[lester at denhaag.org (J. Lester Novros II)]

Dear Laurent,

Laurent Muchacho wrote:
> If anyone got an idea let it come :-)

This should do it on both Apple and Intel platforms [tested in 
Firefox/Safari/xPloder - Linux/Mac OS X/windoze]:

window.onkeydown =
function(event)
{
// normalize event
    event = event || window.event;

// check for the 's'- and command-|control-keys
    if (event.keyCode == 83 && (navigator.platform == 'MacPPC' ? event.metaKey : 
event.ctrlKey))
    {
       alert('saving...');
       // insert your saving routine here
       return false;
    }

// pass thru original keypress
    return true;
}

Would you want it to work in xPloder as well, be aware that it needs 
'document.onkeydown' rather than the standard 'window.onkeydown'; specifying 
both results in Firefox calling the function twice.

I'll leave Opera as an exercise to the reader since it wouldn't co-operate with 
the above code [it still passes the event] in the limited amount of time I had 
available.

l8R lES
-- 
m$ has a note for this xPloder bug on its website with a description and offers
a workaround. It states: "This behavior is by design." The offered workaround
does not help at all.
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