help | onhelp event (Internet Explorer)

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Fires when the user presses the F1 key while the client is the active window.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element onhelp = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.onhelp = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("onhelp", handler)
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("help", handler, useCapture)

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]: Type: IHTMLEventObj

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

Firing the onhelp event opens an online Help window.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Press the F1 key.

The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:

help | onhelp event

Syntax

Event information

Event handler parameters

Standards information

Remarks

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