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The up, down, left, and right keys on a keyboard, also known as "cursor keys".

The arrow keys are the up, down, left and right keys on a keyboard, also known as "cursor keys". They are primarily used to move the cursor around on-screen text, and are also often used to move player characters in games.

They behave as normal keys for keyboard events, returning both a Unicode value and a code.

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Use Arrow Keys to Step Through Anchors on a Horizontal Scrolling Website

I have a page with a set of images, each with a unique ID ("Main-1", "Main-2" etc) contained in a white-space:nowrap div, so the page scrolls horizontally. I would like a way of cycling through these images using the left and right arrow keys…
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Can Applescript send arrow keys via key down?

I am trying to control google earth using the arrow keys, however, I want to do this with applescript. Essentially this code should work and I'll tell you what it actually does. tell application "System Events" delay 3 key down 124 #Value…
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Cannot capture KeyDown event for UP/DOWN-Arrow-Keys in Windows Form

In C# Winforms I try to capture the KeyDown event for the Up-arrow and down-arrow keys. Therefore I did the following: set the KeyPreview property of the form to true override of the forms 'OnKeyDown' method Anyway, the method is never called for…
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Focus on ul list

I developed a custom search for my website and I show the results in a ul list withing a div. My problem is that I want those results to be focusable so I can browse them with the arrow keys. Is this possible? And if it is how? Thanks! RESULT
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Guide for writing arrowkey navigation on focusable elements?

I want to make links and input elements on my page have foucs that is navigable by arrowkeys. This is easy if I just think about up/down arrow keys, which are the same pattern as tab/shift+tab. Just find the next element and focus it. Can anyone…
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How to detect combo arrows with jquery?

How to detect in jQuery comination of: Arrow Up + Arrow Right Arrow Up + Arrow Left Arrow Down + Arrow Right Arrow Down + Arrow Left And not combination, just like Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow Left Arrow Right
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IE9 : Arrow Keys not working in text area field in popups

We are just testing our application on IE9 and I found an issue regarding the arrow keys behaviour in text area in popup window. Two arrow keys are not working fine: 1) Left arrow key - When we enter some multiline text in the text field and try to…
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Press on arrow keys without focusing on any control

I have a windows form that has bunch of controls. Whenever any key is clicked, like arrow keys, I want to raise an event. The problem isn't in code, the problem is that the controls have a tab index so anytime I click on arrow keys the cursor just…
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Send Arrow key input to child process in java

I want to run a child process in my java program to create automation. I do not have the source code of the child process. There are some functionality requires pressing the arrow keys in the child process. I can send ASCII characters into the child…
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Once disable arrow key scrolling in users browser, how to enable it

Disable arrow key scrolling in users browser Zeta was given correct answer for how to disable the arrow keys. I need to re-enable arrow key navigation once its disabled. $('main navigation').has('drop down').bind('keyup', function (e) { if…
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Moving a javascript character with the arrow keys

I'm writing an RPG game in javascript, and I want my main character to move when youi press the arrow keys or the wasd keys. I have code to generate him, but how should I define his postion so he moves when the aforementioned keys are…
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JQuery, check for arrow key pressed swith statement

I've setup a keydown function and I want to do different things depending on whether the left, right, up or down arrow keys are pressed. That's working using a switch statement, but I'd also like to do something when ANY arrow key is pressed, but…
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Arrow Key Navigation in a WPF Form is Odd

I have a WPF form with which I would like to have arrow-key navigation. The current system is off, even though I have successfully specified the tab navigation order. I have two rows of three radio buttons. When I am on the middle button, top…
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Arrows at the bottom of the toolbar in iOS apps

Was wondering if anyone knew how to implement arrows in the bottom toolbar as shown below? Would be extremely grateful if someone could give me insight into this. I have seen a lot of apps with such arrows to navigate through pages and cannot seem…
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Keyboard navigation with arrow keys in Angular

I am new to Angular. I have one list with font-awesome symbols. and currently I can navigate through those symbols using the tab button on my keyboard. but I want to do the same symbol navigation through the arrow keys on the keyboard. I have 2…
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