Question

Is it possible to capture keyboard events within a diagram produced using Dojox.GFX?

We have a simple graphical application which involves some shapes drawn on a surface. We would like to add some simple keyboard interaction, e.g. using the Delete key to delete a shape, and using “Ctrl+A” to select all shapes.

I have tried adding dojo.connect and shape.connect statements for “onkeypress” and “onkeyup”, but they never seem to get triggered. We are already capturing mouse events and these are working fine.

Thanks

David

Answer 1

Keyboard events are not pointed, they are essentially global. You should catch them globally attaching a handler to document or body.