I am not very used to using javascript but I have gotten sick of manually repeating a tast at work. When I write in a discussion forum I need a quick short command, like Ctrl-Alt-z, to insert some text into a textarea object.
I have already written a function that inserts the text at the text cursor insertAtCursor(text). The ID of the textarea is "content".
I know how to solve the problem of checking for key combinations. The problem I have is basically to check for any keyboard input at all.
I have tried the following:
document.keydown(function(event){
alert("Test");
});
However, it does not work.
Thanks in advance!
I think you're going to have a tough time if you're looking for cross-browser solutions. Here's something to help you: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/events/keys.html
Basically, you'd want something like this:
document.getElementById('content').addEventListener('keydown', function (e){
// Do your key combination detection
}, false);