onkeypress event

[goodstuff22]

How does putting event in a onkeypress function call reference to the current event?

 

<img src="blah.png" onkeypress="blahblah(event);">

 

function blahblah(e){

blbalhlablahlalb

}

 

is the event a reserved keyword when calling a function or something?

[requinix]

No, "event" isn't a reserved word. Just like how "window" and "document" are variables with values defined for you, so is "event".

 

But it depends on the browser, last I knew. Sometimes you can get it globally, sometimes you can get it from the event handler, sometimes you can get it from the window.

[.josh]

would help if  you explained what exactly it is that you're trying to accomplish.

[goodstuff22]

I'm just trying to understand how events work.

 

What is the difference of calling the event object globally in the function, or in a on event thing? For example, onkeypress="blah(event);" what happens when u do that?