Get the current field name

Question

I called below function on the body and what I want is when I press anything in textbox it will alert me the name of the textbox and I want to check the name and then execute something. Checking name is working great in FF and not in IE. Thanks

<body bgcolor="#F2F2F2" OnKeyPress="return getFieldName(event);">

...

function getFieldName(e) {
    e = e || window.event;
    var key = e.keyCode || e.which,
    target = e.target || e.srcElement;
}

This works but target.name is not trappable in IE for eg:

if (target.name == 'one') {
    //we can reach here is FF and Not in IE
}

Answer 1

You can know which element triggered the event by looking the e.target property (or e.srcElement for IE):

function getFieldName(e) {
  e = e || window.event;
  var key = e.keyCode || e.which,
      target = e.target || e.srcElement;

  alert(target.name);
  return (key != 13);
}

Check the above example here .

And give a look to this article:

JavaScript Event Delegation is Easier than You Think

Get the current field name

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solution1
2 2010-06-19 07:15:13

Get the current field name

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solution1 2 2010-06-19 07:15:13

solution1
2 2010-06-19 07:15:13