I have a form
with two text boxes, one select drop down and one radio button. When the enter key is pressed, I want
So maybe the best solution to cover as many browsers as possible and be future proof would be
if (event.which === 13 || event.keyCode === 13 || event.key === "Enter")
A much simpler and effective way from my perspective should be :
function onPress_ENTER()
{
var keyPressed = event.keyCode || event.which;
//if ENTER is pressed
if(keyPressed==13)
{
alert('enter pressed');
keyPressed=null;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
Use both event.which
and event.keyCode
:
function (event) {
if (event.which == 13 || event.keyCode == 13) {
//code to execute here
return false;
}
return true;
};
Here is how you can do it using JavaScript:
//in your **popup.js** file just use this function
var input = document.getElementById("textSearch");
input.addEventListener("keyup", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
if (event.keyCode === 13) {
alert("yes it works,I'm happy ");
}
});
<!--Let's say this is your html file-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body style="width: 500px">
<input placeholder="Enter the text and press enter" type="text" id="textSearch"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="public/js/popup.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
if(characterCode == 13)
{
return false; // returning false will prevent the event from bubbling up.
}
else
{
return true;
}
Ok, so imagine you have the following textbox in a form:
<input id="scriptBox" type="text" onkeypress="return runScript(event)" />
In order to run some "user defined" script from this text box when the enter key is pressed, and not have it submit the form, here is some sample code. Please note that this function doesn't do any error checking and most likely will only work in IE. To do this right you need a more robust solution, but you will get the general idea.
function runScript(e) {
//See notes about 'which' and 'key'
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
var tb = document.getElementById("scriptBox");
eval(tb.value);
return false;
}
}
returning the value of the function will alert the event handler not to bubble the event any further, and will prevent the keypress event from being handled further.
It's been pointed out that keyCode
is now deprecated. The next best alternative which
has also been deprecated.
Unfortunately the favored standard key
, which is widely supported by modern browsers, has some dodgy behavior in IE and Edge. Anything older than IE11 would still need a polyfill.
Furthermore, while the deprecated warning is quite ominous about keyCode
and which
, removing those would represent a massive breaking change to untold numbers of legacy websites. For that reason, it is unlikely they are going anywhere anytime soon.
A jQuery solution.
I came here looking for a way to delay the form submission until after the blur event on the text input had been fired.
$(selector).keyup(function(e){
/*
* Delay the enter key form submit till after the hidden
* input is updated.
*/
// No need to do anything if it's not the enter key
// Also only e.which is needed as this is the jQuery event object.
if (e.which !== 13) {
return;
}
// Prevent form submit
e.preventDefault();
// Trigger the blur event.
this.blur();
// Submit the form.
$(e.target).closest('form').submit();
});
Would be nice to get a more general version that fired all the delayed events rather than just the form submit.