Add a Hotkey

Roy Marchand Dec 19, 2007

General

This script will fire an event when the key specified in the variable "key1" is pressed. In this example, pressing the spacebar will trigger the display of an alert box.

Notes

Created by: Roy Marchand
Web Site: http://www.expertsrt.com
Posted: December 19, 2007

Source Code

Paste this source code into the designated areas.

External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: addHotkey.js

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source!! http://www.javascriptsource.com
Created by: Roy Marchand | http://www.expertsrt.com */

var key1="32";
var x='';
function handler(e) {
  if (document.all) {
  var evnt = window.event; 
  x=evnt.keyCode;
  } else
    x=e.charCode;
       if (x==key1) alert("That's how it works! Cool, huh?");
       // You could do something like redirect the user to another page:
      // if (x==key1) location.href='http://www.expertsrt.com';
    }
    if (!document.all) {
    window.captureEvents(Event.KEYPRESS);
    window.onkeypress=handler;
  } else {
  document.onkeypress = handler;
}

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.


<script type="text/javascript" src="addHotkey.js"></script>

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