onkeyup function

[Steve Dyke]

I am calling a JS function from the onkeyup event of an input text box. When I hit the enter key in that box the form submits. How can I keep this from happening?

[Eric Pascarello]

Use the keycode, figure out the code for enter, use an if statemenet and learn about event bubbling http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_order.html or use return false.

Eric

[Steve Dyke]

This is my JS function, again it works if the input text box is outside of my form tags but not if it is within the tags.

The keyCode = 13 and I have return false in my function.

 
function chku(){
                return false;
if(event.keyCode=='13'){
alert("We have a hit");

} 

 
}
 

[ December 02, 2008: Message edited by: Steve Dyke ]

[Steve Dyke]

I could sure use some more help with this issue.
[ December 02, 2008: Message edited by: Steve Dyke ]

[Bear Bibeault]

Please read this.

[Bear Bibeault]

What does "doesn't work" mean in this case?

[Steve Dyke]

Sorry about not waiting. I finally figured out my problem. The input text box I was using did not have another control to lose focus too. I added another input text box, hid it, and it works fine.

[steve claflin]

I'm still trying to figure out how your function works at all.

what you want is not:

function chku(){
  return false;
  if(event.keyCode=='13'){
    alert("We have a hit");
  }
}

but:

function chku(){
  if(event.keyCode=='13'){
    alert("We have a hit");
    return false;
  }
}

[ December 05, 2008: Message edited by: steve calflin ]

[Eric Pascarello]

Also the code is not cross browser friendly.

should have a event in the arguments of the function, should be using window.event also.

Eric