onkeyup not working in mozilla any work around please.

[sayedsohail]

onkeyup is not working in mozilla,  please suggest a way to sprint my function.

 

<Input id="address" type="text" onkeyup="javascript:sndReqArg(this.value)">

 

[gabeg]

Does this infact work in other browsers?

 

what happens when you call the function sndReqArg by itself without being called from onkeyup?

 

did you make a typo and its suppose to be sendReqArg?

[sayedsohail]

Thanks its working now, but if i tried to use settimeout and settimeinterval i got another problem here is the code:

 

I am trying to delay calling a function sndReqArg(this.value), in my html page.

 

The function works if call directly without any timeinterval/timedelay

 

 

Code:

<Input id="address" type="text" onKeyUp="sndReqArg(this.value);">

Unfortunately when i tried method to delay it says undefined variable.

 

here is what i tried

 

 

Code:

a)

onKeyUp=setTimeInterval("sndReqArg(this.value)",5000)>

 

b)

 

onKeyUp=setTimeout("sndReqArg(this.value)",5000)>

 

c)

 

onKeyUp=setTimeout(\"sndReqArg(this.value)\",5000)>

d)

 

Tried to call the function using a a sub function, all

produces the same error undefined variable.

 

 

Code:

function keyUp(avllist) {

var ais=document.form1.address.value;

window.setTimeout(sndReqArg(ais), 4000);

}

 

<INPUT TYPE='test' value='' onKeyUp=keyUp("this.value)>

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

???

 

 

[obsidian]

I'm not a big fan of the onkeyup event. Read up on all your different triggers, and you may be better off using one of the other keystroke traps. The most useful event I've found for trapping keystrokes is onkeypress instead.

[sayedsohail]

This does work,

 

but it call the functions as many times i pressed a key in the text box,

 

onKeyUp="javascript:setTimeout('sndReqArg(document.form1.address.value)',500);"

[gabeg]

This does work,

 

but it call the functions as many times i pressed a key in the text box,

 

onKeyUp="javascript:setTimeout('sndReqArg(document.form1.address.value)',500);"

okeyup will call the function everytime you press a key down and let go. sounds to me like you're looking for a different event handler than onkeyup

[obsidian]

okeyup will call the function everytime you press a key down and let go. sounds to me like you're looking for a different event handler than onkeyup

 

Right. Either you need another event handler, or you need to set up some trapping that will throttle your requests and if you've already got one submitted, don't submit another until the first timeout is executed.