Question

How to submit HTML form when enter pressed in JavaScript

Answer 1

<form id='search-form' name="searchForm" method='get' value action="/search.php">
      <input id='search-text' name="query" type='text' onKeyDown="return enterPressed(event);" />
      <button id='search-button' type='submit' onclick="return formIsNotEmpty()"></button>
 </form>

function formIsNotEmpty() {
   if (document.getElementById('search-form').elements.item(0).value == "") {
        return false;
   }
   return true;
}

function enterPressed(event) {
     var charCode = (event.which) ? event.which : event.keyCode
     if (charCode == "13" && formIsNotEmpty()) 
          document.searchForm.submit();
}

 

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