execute function on enter key

javascript events input listener
frrlod picture frrlod · Apr 15, 2013 · Viewed 81.6k times · Source

I have an input and I'd simply like to add an event listener for it to activate a function when I press enter, when the input is focused. How do I do this with pure JS?

Right now I have:

HTML:

        Enter your wage:<input type="text" id="wage" value ="" size=20>
        <button id="sub">Submit</button>

Javascript:

    var wage = document.getElementById("wage");
    wage.addEventListener("change", validate);

    var btn = document.getElementById("sub");
    btn.addEventListener("click", validate);

So basically the function validate() activates when I click OR change the text, but I want to call it by pressing enter.

Answer

Minko Gechev picture Minko Gechev · Apr 15, 2013

You can use this:

var wage = document.getElementById("wage");
wage.addEventListener("keydown", function (e) {
    if (e.keyCode === 13) {  //checks whether the pressed key is "Enter"
        validate(e);
    }
});

function validate(e) {
    var text = e.target.value;
    //validation of the input...
}

Live demo here

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