Implementing shortcut keys in a webpage

Question

I was thinking of implementing shortcut keys in a pet web application, I am developing for me. I am using c# and asp.net.

I have seen very few web-sites( frankly I reme

Answer 1

In order to implement this you need to register your required keyboard key combinations with JavaScript. It's like registering action listeners in C# for certain events. First URL I found on Google here seemed to have a good overview: Handling Keyboard Shortcuts in JavaScript.

Once keyboard events are registered you can then use the JavaScript to invoke AJAXy (technically JSON calls I think) operations on your ASP.net backend.