Cancel key press

[David]

Hi

In the editor is there a way to cancel key presses? I've tried a couple of things (onkeyup return false etc). But the key pressed still gets into the text?

Thanks
David

[George]

Hi David,

You may try with onkeydown event because it is fired before the character is placed in the editor. I have implemented one sample project on the required functionality, please have a try and in case of some questions do not hesitate to ask.

Sincerely yours,
George
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[Manju]

I know this is a very old thread. But, how do we do it with latest version. Same code found in the attachment does not work with V2017 editor control. 

[Rumen]

Hi,

You can prevent the key execution with $telerik.cancelRawEvent(e);
You can get the selected element with editor.getSelectedElement() 

Here is an example how to disable the typing inside an A tag:

<telerik:RadEditor ID="r1" runat="server" OnClientLoad="OnClientLoad">
    <Content>
dasdsad <a href="http://abv.bg" >test</a> dasdassd
    </Content>
</telerik:RadEditor>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function OnClientLoad(editor, args) {
        editor.attachEventHandler("onkeydown", function (e) {

            if (editor.getSelectedElement().tagName.toLowerCase() == "a") {
                $telerik.cancelRawEvent(e);
            }
        });
    }
</script>

Regards,
Rumen
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