Block Enter Key Submit

Sometimes you want a form to submit when the enter key is pressed, most times you don’t… here’s the code to block it from happening…


function blockEnter(evt) {
    evt = (evt) ? evt : event;
    var charCode = (evt.charCode) ? evt.charCode :
          ((evt.which) ? evt.which : evt.keyCode);
    if (charCode == 13) {
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}
<input onkeydown="return blockEnter(event);" name="search" size="40" type="text" />

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Published:
11.25.07 / 9pm
Category:
JavaScript