advanced keypressing in Internet Explorer

I've noticed some strange stuff when experimenting with keypressing in IE.
I retrieve ASCICODE using window.event.keyCode (within document.onkeypress(). I can find out if ctrl was pressed using: window.event.ctrlKey.

However when i press a character and the ctrl-key I get a different window.event.keyCode then I would without pressing the ctrl-key.

example: pressing v gives me: 118, pressing v with ctrl gives me: 22 (with window.event.ctrlKey being true).

How can I ever find out which character was pressed ?

Also is it possible to catch alt+character I have not been able to de that, same goes for function keys (F.I. F1), i can't seem to catch them either...

For the ALT key it's:

event.altKey

Try this:

Code:

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<script LANGUAGE = "JavaScript">
function showKey(){
alert(String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode));
}

document.onkeypress = showKey;

</script>

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So how do I detect if the f.i. "F2" key has been pressed ?

try this for the fx keys...

Code:

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<script LANGUAGE = "JavaScript">
function showKey(){
event.returnValue = false;
alert(event.keyCode + ' / ' + String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode));
}

document.onkeydown = showKey;

</script>

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I don't think there's an onkeypress for the function keys...