Thanks for the info on Netscape's event handling Jon.

However, Mark's original post asked why the code did not work in IE 5.5.
The line in question is not a valid method in Internet Explorer.

If, as you say, it is required in Netscape, browser specific code would
need to be used.


Cheers,
Anil


----- Original Message -----
From: "jon stephens" <jstephens@m...>
To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: [javascript] Re: javascript digest: April 24, 2001


>
>
> javascript digest wrote:
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: Capture Events
> > From: "Anil Rhemtulla" <AnilR@T...> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001
16:29:53 +0200
> > X-Message-Number: 17
> >
> > Where did you find the line:
> >     document.captureEvents(Event.KEYPRESS);
> >
> > I think it's completely bogus. Remove it, and everything works just
fine.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Anil
>
> It's not bogus at all, Anil -- it's necessary for Netscape 4.X to process
events.
>
> [Snip]