Can't bind to the keydown event using jayq

Question

I'm trying to use jayq to allow me to use jquery with clojurescript.

For some reason this code works.

(bind ($ :#canvas) :mousedown
      (fn []
        (.log js/console (str "Why mouse but no keys?"))))

but this code doesn't.

(bind ($ :#canvas) :keydown
      (fn []
        (.log js/console (str "hit"))))

Is there any reason why the keydown event isn't caught properly

Answer 1

You have to make the canvas focusable, otherwise it won't receive any events. To do that, just give it a tabstop:

<canvas id="canvas" tabindex="1" />