Index: /trunk/autoquest-plugin-html/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/html/eventcore/HTMLEventTypeFactory.java
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--- /trunk/autoquest-plugin-html/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/html/eventcore/HTMLEventTypeFactory.java	(revision 1823)
+++ /trunk/autoquest-plugin-html/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/html/eventcore/HTMLEventTypeFactory.java	(revision 1824)
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@
 import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.ITextArea;
 import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel.ITextField;
-import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.keyboardmaps.VirtualKey;
 import de.ugoe.cs.util.console.Console;
 
@@ -126,12 +125,6 @@
         }
         else if ("onkeydown".equals(eventName)) {
-            try {
-                int key = Integer.parseInt(eventParameters.get("key"));
-                result = new KeyPressed(VirtualKey.valueOf(key));
-            }
-            catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("the key id provided by an " + eventName +
-                                                   " is no correct integer");
-            }
+            result = new KeyPressed
+                (HTMLVirtualKey.parseVirtualKey(eventParameters.get("key")).getKey());
         }
         else if ("onfocus".equals(eventName)) {
Index: /trunk/autoquest-plugin-html/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/html/eventcore/HTMLVirtualKey.java
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--- /trunk/autoquest-plugin-html/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/html/eventcore/HTMLVirtualKey.java	(revision 1824)
+++ /trunk/autoquest-plugin-html/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/plugin/html/eventcore/HTMLVirtualKey.java	(revision 1824)
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+//   Copyright 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
+//
+//   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//   limitations under the License.
+
+package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.plugin.html.eventcore;
+
+import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.keyboardmaps.VirtualKey;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Map of virtual keys for HTML.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * @version 1.0
+ * @author Patrick Harms
+ */
+public enum HTMLVirtualKey {
+    VK_BACKSPACE(0x08, VirtualKey.BACK_SPACE),
+    VK_TAB(0x09, VirtualKey.TAB),
+    VK_RETURN(0x0D, VirtualKey.ENTER);
+    
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Numerical representation of the virtual key.
+     * </p>
+     */
+    private int mNumber;
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * {@link VirtualKey} represented by this HTMLVirtualKey
+     * </p>
+     */
+    private VirtualKey mRepresentedKey;
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Constructor. Creates a new HTMLVirtualKey.
+     * </p>
+     * 
+     * @param number
+     *            numerical representation of the virtual key
+     * @param representedKey
+     *            virtual key that is represented
+     */
+    HTMLVirtualKey(int number, VirtualKey representedKey) {
+        mNumber = number;
+        mRepresentedKey = representedKey;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the numerical representation of the virtual key.
+     * </p>
+     * 
+     * @return the numerical representation
+     */
+    int getNumber() {
+        return mNumber;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Parses an {@link String} and returns the respective HTMLVirtualKey if possible.
+     * </p>
+     * 
+     * @param string
+     *            String representation of the event type
+     * @return created HTMLVirtualKey
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+     *             thrown if there is no HTMLVirtualKey that correlates to string
+     */
+    public static HTMLVirtualKey parseVirtualKey(String string) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        for (HTMLVirtualKey virtualKey : HTMLVirtualKey.values()) {
+            if (virtualKey.mNumber == Integer.parseInt(string)) {
+                return virtualKey;
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("there is no virtual key with id " + string);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the HTMLVirtualKey associated with an integer.
+     * </p>
+     * 
+     * @param number
+     *            integer to which the according HTMLVirtualKey is returned
+     * @return the HTMLVirtualKey
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+     *             thrown if there is no HTMLVirtualKey that correlates to number
+     */
+    public static HTMLVirtualKey valueOf(int number) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        for (HTMLVirtualKey virtualKey : HTMLVirtualKey.values()) {
+            if (virtualKey.mNumber == number) {
+                return virtualKey;
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("there is no virtual key with number " + number);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Returns the {@link VirtualKey} associated with this HTMLVirtualKey.
+     * </p>
+     * 
+     * @return the virtual key
+     */
+    public VirtualKey getKey() {
+        return mRepresentedKey;
+    }
+
+}