When entering a "T" in an asp.net multi-line text box, only one <Shift> key event is caught by the onkeydown event handler of the text box.

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When entering a "T" in an asp.net multi-line text box, only one <Shift> key event is caught by the onkeydown event handler of the text box.

kip2023 0

In an ASP.NET writable multiline text box, when a "T" is entered, only a <Shift> key keydown event is caught by the text box's onkeydown event handler, and the "T" never shows up. This is running in Microsoft Edge browser. Web site is started in Visual Studio 2010.

Lan Huang-MSFT 30,206 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-01-29T07:32:11.57+00:00
Hi @kip2023 ,

Can you provide code that reproduces the problem? The version of Visual Studio 2010 is relatively old, you can try to download a newer version of Visual Studio. You can try to use <textarea> tag for multiline text. I wrote an example, you can check if it helps.

<textarea onkeypress="alert('You triggered the onkeypress event.')" placeholder="Place your cursor in this textarea and press a key."> </textarea>

Best regards,
Lan Huang

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Lan Huang-MSFT 30,206 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-01-29T07:32:11.57+00:00

Hi @kip2023 ,

Can you provide code that reproduces the problem? The version of Visual Studio 2010 is relatively old, you can try to download a newer version of Visual Studio. You can try to use <textarea> tag for multiline text. I wrote an example, you can check if it helps.

<textarea onkeypress="alert('You triggered the onkeypress event.')" placeholder="Place your cursor in this textarea and press a key."> </textarea>

Best regards,
Lan Huang

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Bruce (SqlWork.com) 82,061 Volunteer Moderator

You question is not clear, show your code. Also the key press event is obsolete , you should be using the beforeinput event

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