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pushkarajthorat

Dec 26th, 2006 4:14 AM

disable 'backspace' key in Javascript.

Hi,

I am working in javascript with (AJAX), i am maintaining states of page in a javascript vars and now i have to disable backspace form javascript.

Thanks in advance.

Arevos

Dec 26th, 2006 6:01 AM

window.onkeypress = function(event) { return event.keyCode != 8; }

This binds the onkeypress event to a function that returns false if the keyCode is equal to 8 (which is backspace). Returning false on an event usually (always?) makes the browser ignore any further consequences of the event.

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