for me it works fine ?!? (using IE6 sp1)
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
function mefocus(objname)
{
if(objname.cargo)
{
objname.cargo=""
}
}
function mekey()
{
o=event.srcElement
cChar=String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode)
o.cargo=o.cargo+cChar
cargo=o.cargo
cargo=cargo.toUpperCase()
nLen=cargo.length
lFound=false
for(n=0;n<o.length;n++)
{
cChar=o.options[n].text
cChar=cChar.toUpperCase()
if(cChar.substring(0,nLen)==cargo)
{
if(lFound==false)
{
o.selectedIndex=n
}
lFound=true
}
}
if(lFound==false)
{
o.selectedIndex=99999
}
event.returnValue=false
event.cancelBubble=true
return false
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onkeypress=mekey()>
<select cargo="" onfocus="mefocus(this)">
<option id=abcd>pair</option>
<option id=abcd>pine</option>
<option id=abcd>oppp</option>
<option id=abcd>pope</option>
<option id=abcd>poor</option>
</select>
</BODY>
</HTML>
<gbrown@c...> wrote in message news:250322@j...
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to figure out how to override the default keypress behaviour
> in a select tag.
>
> I have a body onKeyDown event that works out what selectedIndex needs to
> be displayed.
>
> This javascript function receives a select object, cargo is a new text
> element within this object and contains what is being searched for.
>
> The Javascript routine correctly positions the list to the item being
> searched for but IE then takes over and moves to the wrong record.
>
> If the list contains pair, pine, pope, poor. Pressing P ends up on pine,
> pressing O initially displays pope (which is correct) then moves to the
> first record beginning with "O".
> Is it possible to stop this behaviour?
>
>
> function mefocus(objname)
> {
> if(objname.cargo){
> objname.cargo=""
> }
> }
> function mekey()
> {
> o=event.srcElement
> cChar=String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode)
> o.cargo=o.cargo+cChar
> cargo=o.cargo
> cargo=cargo.toUpperCase()
>
>
> nLen=cargo.length
> lFound=false
> for(n=0;n<=o.length;n++){
> cChar=o.options[n].text
> cChar=cChar.toUpperCase()
>
> if(cChar.substring(0,nLen)==cargo){
> if(lFound==false){
> o.selectedIndex=n
> alert(o.options[o.selectedIndex].text)
> }
> lFound=true
> }
> }
> if(lFound==false){o.selectedIndex=99999}
> event.returnValue=false
> event.cancelBubble=true
> return false
> }
>
>
>
> Regards
> Graham
>
>
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