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How to change page with Javascript for keyboard navigation?

I would like to allow keyboard navigation for a photo gallery website (one page, one photo). What's the Javascript function to do this? I use the code below to manage keyboard events, and I would like to know how to implement a "goToPage()" function. Thanks for your help.

function checkKey(e)
{
  e = e || window.event;

  switch (e.key)
  {
    case "ArrowLeft":
      goToPage("page1.htm");
    break;

    case "ArrowRight":
      goToPage("page3.htm");
    break;
  }
}

document.onkeydown = checkKey;
Solution

  • [2022 Updated Version]

    document.location is the function I needed:

    function checkKey(e)
{
  e = e || window.event;

  switch (e.key)
  {
    case "ArrowLeft":
      document.location = "page1.htm";
    break;

    case "ArrowRight":
      document.location = "page3.htm";
    break;
  }
}

document.onkeydown = checkKey;