Javascript to branch on ESC
/* window-home.js */
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/* ©1999-2023 W. Dwyne */
/* jshint curly: true */
/* jshint esversion: 6 */
/* jshint latedef: true */
/* jshint maxerr:10 */
/* jshint trailingcomma: true */
/* jshint nonew: true */
/* jshint undef: true */
/* jshint unused: true */
/* Back to home page when ESC is pressed. Simple script, took time to make it simple! */
/* Note: keydown at times requires two clicks, keyup solves the keydown problem */
/* Needs a link with an ID of home ie a id="home" href="index.htm" /a */
/* HTML required code example */
/* (Note: Fix - Mistakes are intentional to disable script in comment and PRE*/
/* script src="java/window-home.js">/script>
/* head> */
/* body> */
/* a id="home"
/* href="index.htm" */
/* title="Home Page">🏠 Home */ /* Return to Home Page */
/* alert("window-home is active!"); */
document.addEventListener('keyup', event =>
{
if (event.key == 'Escape') {
document.getElementById("home").click();
}
}
);
/* End */
Javascript to close window
/* window-close.js */
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/* ©1999-2023 W. Dwyne */
/* jshint curly: true */
/* jshint esversion: 6 */
/* jshint latedef: true */
/* jshint maxerr:10 */
/* jshint trailingcomma: true */
/* jshint nonew: true */
/* jshint undef: true */
/* jshint unused: true */
/* Close page when ESC is pressed. Simple but took time to make it simple! */
/* Not really of much use due to the following browser restrictions */
/* Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script. */
/* This script will not close an online browser, but will close an offline browser*/
/*Note: keydown at times requires two clicks, keyup solves the keydown problem */
/* HTML required code example */
/* (Note: Fix - Mistakes are intentional to disable script in comment and PRE*/
/* script src="java/window-close.js">/script>
/head */
/* alert("window-close is active!"); */
document.addEventListener('keyup', event =>
{
if (event.key == 'Escape') {
window.open("", "_self");
window.close();
}
}
);
/* End */