I have an object that has methods in it. These methods are put into the object inside an anonymous function. It looks like this: (there is a lot more code, but this is enough to show the problem) Now I want to stop the event listener in some cases. Therefore I am trying to do a removeEventListener but I can&#…
Tag: dom-events
Make an iFrame trigger the body.onclick event
I have a script that attaches a function to be triggered by the the document.onclick event. The problem is that the page has an iframe in it. When the user clicks on the iframe, the document.onclick event does not trigger the function attached to it. Is there any way to fix this? In rare cases, the iframe may…
ASCII code generation for the combination of keys
I want to know how to get the ASCII code for the combination of keys. Like I want to handle event for some unique key combination [alt+ctrl+shift]. Alternatively can you please tell me the ASCII code for [alt+Enter], [ctrl+Enter]. Answer There are flags on the event object that tell you if the alt, control or…
Using numeric values to select item from a dropdown box with JavaScript
I have a multitude of dropdown boxes within my web page. One of these dropdown boxes is used for a single selected value out of a list of options. How can I add an event to this section, so when it is in focus, I could use numeric keys like 1,2.. to select an option instead of using the mouse
Create a pause inside a while loop in Javascript
I would like to create a pause inside a while loop so that I can create n animations that each appear 3 seconds after the other. I’ve tried the following, but it doesn’t work. Would love to have someone show me what I’m doing wrong. Answer setTimeout does not pause; it asks Javascript to run…
Search a table looking for labels
I am trying to search a table looking for all the labels in that table. When the JavaScript function finds a label I want to set it’s visibility to false. My html code looks like this: My function is called on a drop down lists onchange event which then passes the table that holds all the labels I want …
What is the DOM and BOM in JavaScript?
What is the DOM and BOM in JavaScript? If someone could explain these in layman terms it would be great! I like to get a deeper understanding of these. Answer The BOM (Browser Object Model) consists of the objects navigator, history, screen, location and document which are children of window. In the document …
Define onblur event dynamically in ASP.NET code
What I am looking for is to dynamically create two textboxes from the C# ASP.NET code (either normal textbox or HTML input text, I don’t mind). And then I tried (and failed) to define an event that fires when the first textbox loses the focus, so, what is written in the first textbox should be copied to…
Why is JavaScript sending an element to my event handler, when that element has no event?
This html: This JavaScript takes the span containing the image and text, then makes it clickable: If I click on the “Link text,” then the obj in myEvent() is the span. If I click on the image, then the obj is the image element! The image itself has no event. So why isn’t it always the span t…
Image onclick event for calling function is not working for Firefox and Chrome
I have a div section in which I have an image whose onclick event should execute a function called in it, but it is not executable in Firefox or Chrome with my code, infact the image is not clickable at all . Could some one help me in get the thing done? Below is the code I am working with: