[whatwg] Comments to Web Forms 2.0 downloaded 2004-09-18 (HTML email)

Wed Dec 8 15:40:51 PST 2004

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Mattias Waldau wrote:
> 
> I tried using event listeners, but I had to add them to EVERY control on 
> the form, which is plain stupid. Is there a better way?

You can attach a single key event handler to a common ancestor element 
(such as the <body> or the <form>), since those events bubble. That should 
work fine.

HTH,
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