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    <p>I have a text input with an onkeydown event handler that converts &lt;Enter&gt; to &lt;Tab&gt; by changing the event's keyCode from 13 to 9.</p> <pre><code>&lt;input type="text" onkeydown="enterToTab(event);" onchange="changeEvent(this);" name="" value="" /&gt; &lt;!-- Other inputs exist as created via the DOM, but they are not sibling elements. --&gt; </code></pre> <p>Javascript:</p> <pre><code>function enterToTab(myEvent) { if (myEvent.keyCode == 13) { myEvent.keyCode = 9; } } function changeEvent(myInput) { var test = "hello"; } </code></pre> <p>In IE8, this caused the onchange event to fire, but that doesn't happen in IE9. Instead, the input field retains focus. How I can I make that happen? (It works in Firefox 3.6 and Chrome 10.0.) This even works in Browser Mode IE9 if I set the Document Mode to "IE8 standards". But it won't work with a Document Mode of "IE9 standards". (My DocType is XHTML 1.0 Transitional.)</p> <p>Since it works in IE7 &amp; 8, could this be a bug in IE9 that will get fixed?</p> <p>Please note: I <strong>cannot</strong> use <code>input.blur()</code> or <strong>manually set a new focus</strong>, which is advised by all the other solutions that I've read. I've already tried onkeypress and onkeyup with no luck. I need a generic solution that will cause the web app to literally behave as though I'd hit &lt;Tab&gt;. Also, I don't have jQuery, however, Dojo 1.5 is available to me.</p> <p>Also note: I KNOW this is "wrong" behavior, and that Enter ought to submit the form. However, my client's staff originally come from a green screen environment where Enter moves them between fields. We must retain the same UI. It is what it is.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> I found a difference between IE8 &amp; IE9. In IE8, my setting of <code>myEvent.keyCode</code> holds. In IE9, it does NOT. I can update <code>window.event.keyCode</code>, and it will hold, but that won't affect what happens later. Argh... Any ideas?</p>
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    1. COI have had the same problem but via the COM Objects. I have it posted it [here][1]. Someone commented with the same JavaScript issue. Also, our company has opened a microsoft case in hopes of getting a real answer. I'll update my question with anything useful. Thanks. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5127079/ihtmleventobjput-keycode-fails-in-ie9-rc
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    2. COThe question is why you'd want to do this. Tab is the key that navigates between fields. Enter is used to submit a form. Users expect this behaviour, so why confuse them?
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    3. COAlso, this is not a bug in IE 9. The `keyCode` property of keyboard `Event` objects is read-only in all browsers other than IE <= 8 and there is no specification for these properties.
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