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with regards to the onKeyPress event..
is there a way to know what key was pressed?

basically what im trying to do is like an excel-like table..
if a cell is selected and a key is pressed edit the cell..im avoiding some keys like fkey, enter, shift..etc..basically allow only character key..and also differentiate character key from eneter key..

and is there a way also of detaching an event..presently i have attached an onKeyPress event on my grid..and when it is triggerred the current cell will be opened for editting..but then, when i try to edit the cell by entering values..it seems like the onKeyPress event is triggerred again..it made the onKeyPress event ineffective.,.

thank you in advance..hope you can help..

>>is there a way to know what key was pressed?
Sure you receive key code as event parameter

mygrid.attachEvent("onKeyPress",function(keycode,ctrl,shift,event_object){
    alert(keycode);
    return true;
});

>>if a cell is selected and a key is pressed edit the cell..
Basically grid already has such functionality. Just include in your project next js file
    codebase/ext/dhtmlxgrid_keymap_excel.js
It will change keymapping to excel like one, which include auto-edit on text typing


>>and is there a way also of detaching an event
Basically you can use
    var id = grid.attachEvent(....
    ....
    grid.detachEvent(id);   //detach previously attached event

But in your scenario the next logic will be a more simple solution

mygrid.attachEvent("onKeyPress",function(keycode,ctrl,shift,event_object){
    if (this.editor) return true; //  skip any logic if grid in edit mode
    ....
    return true;
});