Trigger an event on `click` and `enter`

Question

I have a searchbox on my site that. Currently, users must click the submit button next to the box to search via jquery's post. I would like to let users also press enter to search. How can i do this?

JQUERY:

$('document').ready(function(){
    $('#searchButton').click(function(){
        var search = $('#usersSearch').val();
        $.post('../searchusers.php',{search: search},function(response){
            $('#userSearchResultsTable').html(response);
        });
    });
});

HTML:

<input type='text' id='usersSearch'  /><input type='button' id='searchButton' value='search' />

Answer 1

Use keypress event on usersSearch textbox and look for Enter button. If enter button is pressed then trigger the search button click event which will do the rest of work. Try this.

$('document').ready(function(){
    $('#searchButton').click(function(){
        var search = $('#usersSearch').val();
        $.post('../searchusers.php',{search: search},function(response){
            $('#userSearchResultsTable').html(response);
        });
    })
    $('#usersSearch').keypress(function(e){
        if(e.which == 13){//Enter key pressed
            $('#searchButton').click();//Trigger search button click event
        }
    });

});

Demo

Answer 2

You call both event listeners using .on() then use a if inside the function:

$(function(){
  $('#searchButton').on('keypress click', function(e){
    var search = $('#usersSearch').val();
    if (e.which === 13 || e.type === 'click') {
      $.post('../searchusers.php', {search: search}, function (response) {
        $('#userSearchResultsTable').html(response);
      });
    }
  });
});

Answer 3

Something like this will work

$('#usersSearch').keypress(function(ev){
    if (ev.which === 13)
        $('#searchButton').click();
});

Answer 4

$('#form').keydown(function(e){
    if (e.keyCode === 13) { // If Enter key pressed
        $(this).trigger('submit');
    }
});

Answer 5

you can use below event of keypress on document load.

 $(document).keypress(function(e) {
            if(e.which == 13) {
               yourfunction();
            }
        });

Thanks

Answer 6

$('#usersSearch').keyup(function() { // handle keyup event on search input field

    var key = e.which || e.keyCode;  // store browser agnostic keycode

    if(key == 13) 
        $(this).closest('form').submit(); // submit parent form
}

Answer 7

Take a look at the keypress function.

I believe the enter key is 13 so you would want something like:

$('#searchButton').keypress(function(e){
    if(e.which == 13){  //Enter is key 13
        //Do something
    }
});