[SOLVED] form button

[Niccaman]

I have for example a text field and a button (not submit type but button type):

 

<input type="text">
<input type="button">

 

How do i make it so that when i press enter after typing something in the text field, it will activate the button. (this normally would happen if type="submit" but i require button).

[jackpf]

Could try something like this

function enter_button(e)
{
if(e.which == 13 || e.keycode == 13)
{
	do_what_your_button_does();
	window.stop();
	document.execCommand(\'Stop\');
}
}

//and then

<input type="text" onkeyup="enter_button();" />

[Niccaman]

just tried it, i have no idea whats going on there (the processing), im guessing 13 is a reference to the enter button.  i changed the

(/'stop/')

bit to

('stop')

because it was treating rest of javascript on page as string. tested but didnt work...

[jackpf]

Oh yeah, I nicked it from one of my php scripts, I forgot to remove the escaped quotes lol.

 

Yeah, 13 is the enter key. Oh, I forgot to call the function with the event.

 

This should work better

<script>
function enter_button(e)
{
   if(e.which == 13 || e.keycode == 13)
   {
      button_function();
      window.stop();
      document.execCommand('Stop');
   }
}
function button_function()
{
alert("button function!");
}
</script>
<input type="text" onkeyup="enter_button(event);" /><br />
<input type="button" onclick="button_function();" />

[Niccaman]

Thanks man! that worked as needed.

[jackpf]

Cool, np.