Subj : onkeydown handler for a TR/TD
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : ajayup
Date : Wed May 18 2005 12:19 pm

Hi,
setting onkeydown handler does not work for TD/TR (it only works for
body)
in NS 7 and Firefox. Although it works in IE 6.

keydown event bubbles only if there is any input field as one of the
child node (in the sub-tree). In IE 6 it bubbles for other cases as
well.

I'm doing a list implementation which can respond to keyboard input as
well as mouse events. E.g. key up/key down should move the selection
bar up/down in the list. The list contains multiple columns and in some
cases they do not have any input fields (non-editable list). Code works
well in IE, but not in mozilla (event handlers do not get invoked).

Similarly, a related behavior difference is that setting focus on the
TR/TD works in IE but not in mozilla. I did not find any restrictions
in the specs
to support the mozilla behavior.

Any suggestions...

Thanks,
Ajay

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