registering key event on iframe - Opera

[markbrown4]

Hi,

linky linky

I haven't figured out how to register the keyup events on the iframe in Opera, You need to register the event on the iframe's window for Firefox and the iframe's document for Safari. I haven't yet tamed Opera.

this.contentWindow = this.iframe.contentWindow;
// FF
Event.observe(this.contentWindow, 'keyup', this.editorKeyUpHandler.bind(this));
// Safari
Event.observe(this.contentWindow.document, 'keyup', this.editorKeyUpHandler.bind(this));

The editorKeyUpHandler function is used for cleaning up the formatting - defaults elements to paragraphs - like IE does by default when you press enter.

Thanks,

[paul_wilkins]

Great minds have been working on a cross-browser solution for adding events and have come up with the following.

http://www.dustindiaz.com/rock-solid-addevent/

[markbrown4]

Are you saying that prototype's observe method doesn't account for this situation in Opera?

[paul_wilkins]

That is correct. See http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/8143

[markbrown4]

It's not that I don't believe you, but why would it only be for the iframe?

I'm adding events to the buttons and the drop down menu's and they work fine in opera as everything else.. It's just this one element that is struggling.

[paul_wilkins]

That sounds like a good test case for the developers of Prototype to debug.

You can get started on reporting the bug from the following page

http://www.prototypejs.org/contribute

[markbrown4]

I'll make sure it's a bug with the observe method in Prototype before submitting it - I submitted a bug the other week and it was just that the js was cached in Safari - I'll try registering the event using another method and see if I can get something working.

Thanks,