[ACCEPTED]-Keyboard up and down arrows-arrow-keys

Use the onkeydown and onkeyup events to check for key press 1 events in your results div:

var UP = 38;
var DOWN = 40;
var ENTER = 13;

var getKey = function(e) {
  if(window.event) { return e.keyCode; }  // IE
  else if(e.which) { return e.which; }    // Netscape/Firefox/Opera
};


var keynum = getKey(e);

if(keynum === UP) {
  //Move selection up
}

if(keynum === DOWN) {
  //Move selection down
}

if(keynum === ENTER) {
  //Act on current selection
}

copy and paste this piece of code and try..

<style>
div.active{ 
        background: lightblue
}
</style>
<center>
<input type="text" id="tb">
<div id="Parent" style="position:absolute;display:block;left:428px; width:146px;top:38px; height:100px; border: 2px solid lightblue; overflow:auto;">  
<div id="childOne">1 </div>     
<div id="childOne">2 </div>     
<div id="childOne">3 </div>     
<div id="childOne">4 </div>
<div id="childOne">5 </div>
<div id="childOne">6 </div>
<div id="childOne">7 </div>
<div id="childOne">8 </div>
<div id="childOne">9 </div>
<div id="childOne">10 </div>
</div>
</center>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var scrolLength = 19;
    function autocomplete( textBoxId, containerDivId ) { 
        var ac = this;    
        this.textbox     = document.getElementById(textBoxId);    
        this.div         = document.getElementById(containerDivId);    
        this.list        = this.div.getElementsByTagName('div');    
        this.pointer     = null;    
        this.textbox.onkeydown = function( e ) {
            e = e || window.event;        
            switch( e.keyCode ) {            
            case 38: //up                
                ac.selectDiv(-1);                
            break;            
            case 40: //down                
                ac.selectDiv(1);                
            break;        }    
            }    

            this.selectDiv = function( inc ) {        
                 if(this.pointer > 1){
                     scrollDiv();
                 }
                 if(this.pointer == 0)
                    document.getElementById("Parent").scrollTop = 0;   
                if( this.pointer !== null && this.pointer+inc >= 0 && this.pointer+inc < this.list.length ) { 
                    this.list[this.pointer].className = '';            
                    this.pointer += inc;            
                    this.list[this.pointer].className = 'active';            
                    this.textbox.value = this.list[this.pointer].innerHTML; 
                }
                if( this.pointer === null ) {            

                    this.pointer = 0;            
                    scrolLength = 20;
                    this.list[this.pointer].className = 'active';            
                    this.textbox.value = this.list[this.pointer].innerHTML;        
                }    
            }
            function scrollDiv(){
                 if(window.event.keyCode == 40){
                     document.getElementById("Parent").scrollTop = scrolLength;
                     scrolLength = scrolLength + 19;  
                 }           
                 else if(window.event.keyCode == 38){

                     scrolLength = scrolLength - 19;  
                     document.getElementById("Parent").scrollTop = scrolLength;

                 }
            }
        } 
    new autocomplete( 'tb', 'Parent' );
</script>

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I assume that you have an input which handles 12 the input.

map onkeyup-eventhandler for 11 that input in which you read out event.keyCode, and 10 do stuff when it's the appropriate keycodes 9 for up/down-arrow (38, 40), to keep a reference 8 to which node (item in your div) you move 7 the focus to.

Then call the same handler 6 when you hit enter (keyCode 13) as you do 5 onclick.

It's hard to give a coding-example 4 because it highly depend on context, but 3 a tip on how to navigate through your div 2 is to make us of .nextSibling and .previousSibling, aswell 1 as .firstChild and .childNodes.

Long time since I did this, but I guess 6 you can use event.keyCode.

If the values returned are 5 38 and 40, then the user has pressed the 4 up and down arrows respectively.

You then 3 have to select the row above or below your 2 current position. How to select the row 1 would depend on your particular situation.