Adf javascript clientlistener not capturing the TAB keypress event

Question

Hi,
I have client listener attached to a text field to trap the keyPress event. The method is being called for all the key strokes except special keys like TAB, arrow keys, pageup, pagedown etc. Is there any possibility to capture TAB key event.
<af:clientListener method="myFunctionTosetFocus"
type="keyPress"/>
function myFunctionTosetFocus(event) {
alert('function called....')
var keyCodePressed = event.getKeyCode();
if(keyCodePressed == AdfKeyStroke.ENTER_KEY || keyCodePressed == AdfKeyStroke.TAB_KEY) {
alert('Do some thing here....')
I can see both the alert messages when I click on the ENTER key. But I cannot see both the alert messages when I cick on TAB key. The same is working without any problems in firefox.
Thanks and Regards,
S R Prasad

Answer 1

Hi Frank,
I tried with the event.cancel(). Now I can see the event.cancel() working for ENTER key, But not for the TAB key. I tried with the keyDown event in the clientListener and it is working with out any problems in both IE and firefox.
It is not working as expected in case of keyUp event, If I set the focus to the next tab in the clientListener code, it is executing the clientListener of the destination component if the clientListener event is keyUp.
Overall it is wotking as expected with the keyDown, But it is not working for the keyUp and keyPress events. All these are working as expected in firefox.
Thanks and Regards,
S R Prasad