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FP: How to Create a Home Page Hot Key in FrontPage by Using JavaScript


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Summary

This article illustrates how a key that is pressed when a user is viewing a Web page can be used to direct the browser to another location. The JavaScript example presented in this article associates the "H" key with a URL. When a user presses H, the browser navigates to that URL. You can use this procedure on a Web site as a "hot key" to return to the site home page.

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Code Sample

  1. Open a Web in FrontPage.
  2. Open the page where you want to insert the "hot key" feature.
  3. Switch to HTML view.
  4. Insert the following JavaScript code in the <HEAD></HEAD> section of the HTML page. (Change the destination HTTP address to the URL that you want to become the home page.)
    <script language="JavaScript">
    <!--
    // define our "hotkeys", use "Character Map" for values.
    var HotkeyLcase=104;
    var HotkeyUcase=72;
    
    // define our destination.
    var destination="http://www.microsoft.com/";
    
    // set up page to capture keypress events.
    if (document.layers)
      document.captureEvents(Event.KEYPRESS);
    
    // the following function tests which key was pressed
    // and redirects to our destination if the key is valid.
    function backhome(e){
      if (document.layers){
        if ((e.which==HotkeyLcase) || (e.which==HotkeyUcase))
          window.location=destination;
        }
      else if (document.all){
        if ((event.keyCode==HotkeyLcase) || (event.keyCode==HotkeyUcase))
          window.location=destination;
      }
    }
    
    // point keypress events to our function
    document.onkeypress=backhome;
    //-->
    </script>
    						
  5. When you preview the Web page in your browser and press H on your keyboard, your browser navigates to the page that you specified in the JavaScript.

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Article Info
Article ID : 288181
Revision : 4
Created on : 10/26/2013
Published on : 10/26/2013
Exists online : False
Views : 307