> > unfortunately I'm limited to Prototype
Hehe, sorry about that, that didn't come out quite how I meant it!
That solution was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your
help, I take back all criticism of Prototype :)
On 9 Jun, 10:10, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > unfortunately I'm limited to Prototype
>
> Gosh, you *are* a sweet-talker. ;-)
>
> Google "javascript control key". Just about all modern browsers
> support the "ctrlKey", "shiftKey", and "altKey" properties on the
> click event, and just about all but IE support "metaKey" as well. So
> if you observe your link:
>
> $('linkGo').observe('click', clickHandler);
>
> ...you can tell whether a modifier key was down:
>
> function clickHandler(evt)
> {
> alert(
> "Control: " + evt.ctrlKey + "\n" +
> "Shift: " + evt.shiftKey + "\n" +
> "Alt: " + evt.altKey + "\n" +
> "Meta: " + evt.metaKey);
> evt.stop();
>
> }
>
> Stopping the event prevents the default action from happening.
> --
> T.J. Crowder
> tj / crowder software / com
>
> On Jun 9, 9:41 am, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > Is it possible to use Prototype to add control-click behaviour to a
> > link? What I want is to fire one Ajax request if a user clicks on a
> > box, and a different request if they control-click on the same box. I
> > know this is possible in some JS frameworks (e.g. Mootools), but
> > unfortunately I'm limited to Prototype - does anyone know how to do
> > this?
>
> > Many thanks,
> > Adam
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