Disable TAB key for navigation of web page?

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vigge89
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Post by vigge89 »

Little late answer, but anyway:
It doesn't work for Firefox or most other browsers since the tab-key doesn't count as an key (onkeydown, keyup, etc. won't be called when hitting tab), and therefore, there is no way to do this in non-IE-browsers (currently) :(
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vigge89 wrote:Little late answer, but anyway:
It doesn't work for Firefox or most other browsers since the tab-key doesn't count as an key (onkeydown, keyup, etc. won't be called when hitting tab), and therefore, there is no way to do this in non-IE-browsers (currently) :(
I know.... I love FF and all that but I have to say.... when it comes to client side scripting IE can do so much more :-)
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Post by Roja »

d11wtq wrote: I know.... I love FF and all that but I have to say.... when it comes to client side scripting IE can do so much more :-)
Funny, I would say just the opposite: I love FF, and I love the fact that it doesnt allow over-zealous webdesigners to control *MY* browser and keyboard.

To me, thats doing much more (for me, the user) - not less.
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