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Disable Enter Key, except for text areas. 1
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The only thing I can think of is to put an onkeypress event handler on the body tag to call a function, then inside that function check to see if the enter key was pressed. If so, it checks to see if focus is in one of the allowable textareas. If that is the case, do what you need to (submit, other function call, etc.):
This would be the script function call:
Here would be an example of a script:
<.
This would be the script function call:
Code:
<body onkeypress="checkKeyCode()">Here would be an example of a script:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
function checkKeyCode() {
//keyCode 13 = enter key
// if enter key was pressed
if (event.keyCode == 13) {
//here check to see if focus is currently in the textarea(s)
if (document.getElementById("textAreaId").focus() {
//do something
}
}
}
</script><.
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This code actually set focus to my text box and put a return in it.
"...your mom goes to college..."
Code:
function checkKeyCode(){
//keycode 13 = Enter Key
if (event.keyCode == 13) {
if (document.getElementById('<%=txtAddress.UniqueID %>').focus()){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
}"...your mom goes to college..."
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No worries, here's a link to another suggestion that I haven't been able to successfully use.
"...your mom goes to college..."
"...your mom goes to college..."
I was actually thinking the same thing as what that said, except for the onclick part, which would be handled by the onkeypress event handler.
Try this:
Then on the textarea tags you will allow an enter key:
Your body tag should read like this:
That will make it work in FF as well as IE
* Note: I did test this and it did work
<.
Try this:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
[!]var safeToEnter = 0;[/!]
function checkKeyCode(e) {
//keyCode 13 = enter key
// if enter key was pressed
if (e.keyCode == 13 [!] && safeToEnter[/!]) {
//do something if focus in textarea
}
else {
//do something if focus NOT in textarea
}
}
</script>
Code:
<textarea cols="12" rows="12" onfocus="safeToEnter=1" onblur="safeToEnter=0">
blah blah
</textarea>Your body tag should read like this:
Code:
<body onkeypress="checkKeyCode(event)>That will make it work in FF as well as IE
* Note: I did test this and it did work
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