Question

I m using Mootools, but a generic answer is fine.

I would like to remap the Enter key in a web application.

When they hit Enter it should react as though the Shift-Enter has been pressed.

I would just stop the enter event, and use exec.insertHTML or its ilk, but FF s implementation is buggy on many elements.

I imagine that I could fire a key event, same as I could fire a click or other event:

click: $( myElement ).fireEvent( click , arg1);

keyevent: $( myElement ).fireEvent( keydown ???);

But I can t figure out how.

Answer 1

I don t know exactly what you re looking for, but the following fires the shiftenter event when the enter-key is pressed. Notice that you have to specify the shiftenter event yourself.

$( element ).addEvent( keydown , function(e) {
    new Event(e).stop();

    if (e.key ==  enter ) {
        this.fireEvent( shiftenter );
    }
});

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