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  <html>
      <head>
          <title>Key Events Example</title>
          <script type="text/javascript">
              function handleEvent(oEvent) {
                  var oTextbox = document.getElementById("txt1");
                  oTextbox.value += "\n>" + oEvent.type;        
                  oTextbox.value += "\n    target is " + (oEvent.target || oEvent.srcElement).id;
                  oTextbox.value += "\n    keyCode is " + oEvent.keyCode;
                  oTextbox.value += "\n    charCode is " + oEvent.charCode;
                  
                  var arrKeys = [];
                  if (oEvent.shiftKey) {
                      arrKeys.push("Shift");
                  }
                  
                  if (oEvent.ctrlKey) {
                      arrKeys.push("Ctrl");
                  }
                  
                  if (oEvent.altKey) {
                      arrKeys.push("Alt");
                  }
                  
                  oTextbox.value += "\n    keys down are " + arrKeys;                     
              }
          </script>
      </head>
      <body>
          <p>Type some characters into the first textbox.</p>
          <p><textarea id="txtInput" rows="15" cols="50"
              onkeydown="handleEvent(event)"
              onkeyup="handleEvent(event)"
              onkeypress="handleEvent(event)"></textarea></p>
          <p><textarea id="txt1" rows="15" cols="50"></textarea></p>
      </body>
  </html>
  


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