I want a jquery solution, I must be close, what needs to be done?
$('html').bind('keypress', function(e)
{
if(e.keyCode == 13)
{
return e.keyCode = 9; //set event key to tab
}
});
I can return false and it prevents the enter key from being pressed, I thought I could just change the keyCode to 9 to make it tab but it doesn't appear to work. I've got to be close, what's going on?
$('input').on("keypress", function(e) {
/* ENTER PRESSED*/
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
/* FOCUS ELEMENT */
var inputs = $(this).parents("form").eq(0).find(":input");
var idx = inputs.index(this);
if (idx == inputs.length - 1) {
inputs[0].select()
} else {
inputs[idx + 1].focus(); // handles submit buttons
inputs[idx + 1].select();
}
return false;
}
});
Building from Ben's plugin this version handles select and you can pass an option to allowSubmit. ie. $("#form").enterAsTab({ 'allowSubmit': true}); This will allow enter to submit the form if the submit button is handling the event.
(function( $ ){
$.fn.enterAsTab = function( options ) {
var settings = $.extend( {
'allowSubmit': false
}, options);
this.find('input, select').live("keypress", {localSettings: settings}, function(event) {
if (settings.allowSubmit) {
var type = $(this).attr("type");
if (type == "submit") {
return true;
}
}
if (event.keyCode == 13 ) {
var inputs = $(this).parents("form").eq(0).find(":input:visible:not(disabled):not([readonly])");
var idx = inputs.index(this);
if (idx == inputs.length - 1) {
idx = -1;
} else {
inputs[idx + 1].focus(); // handles submit buttons
}
try {
inputs[idx + 1].select();
}
catch(err) {
// handle objects not offering select
}
return false;
}
});
return this;
};
})( jQuery );
I wrote the code from the accepted answer as a jQuery plugin, which I find more useful. (also, it now ignores hidden, disabled, and readonly form elements).
$.fn.enterAsTab = function () {
$(this).find('input').live("keypress", function(e) {
/* ENTER PRESSED*/
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
/* FOCUS ELEMENT */
var inputs = $(this).parents("form").eq(0).find(":input:visible:not(disabled):not([readonly])"),
idx = inputs.index(this);
if (idx == inputs.length - 1) {
inputs[0].select()
} else {
inputs[idx + 1].focus(); // handles submit buttons
inputs[idx + 1].select();
}
return false;
}
});
return this;
};
This way I can do $('#form-id').enterAsTab(); ... Figured I'd post since no one has posted it as a $ plugin yet and they aren't entirely intuitive to write.
These solutions didn't work with my datagrid. I was hoping they would. I don't really need Tab or Enter to move to the next input, column, row or whatever. I just need Enter to trigger .focusout or .change and my datagrid updates the database. So I added the "enter" class to the relevant text inputs and this did the trick for me:
$(function() {
if ($.browser.mozilla) {
$(".enter").keypress(checkForEnter);
} else {
$(".enter").keydown(checkForEnter);
}
});
function checkForEnter(event) {
if (event.keyCode == 13) {
$(".enter").blur();
}
}
$('input').live("keypress", function(e) {
/* ENTER PRESSED*/
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
/* FOCUS ELEMENT */
var inputs = $(this).parents("form").eq(0).find(":input:visible");
var idx = inputs.index(this);
if (idx == inputs.length - 1) {
inputs[0].select()
} else {
inputs[idx + 1].focus(); // handles submit buttons
inputs[idx + 1].select();
}
return false;
}
});
visible input cann't be focused.
Here's a jQuery plugin I wrote that handles enter key as a callback or as a tab key (with an optional callback):
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#one').onEnter('tab');
$('#two').onEnter('tab');
$('#three').onEnter('tab');
$('#four').onEnter('tab');
$('#five').onEnter('tab');
});
/**
* jQuery.onEnter.js
* Written by: Jay Simons
* Cloudulus.Media (https://code.cloudulus.media)
*/
if (window.jQuery) {
(function ($) {
$.fn.onEnter = function (opt1, opt2, opt3) {
return this.on('keyup', function (e) {
var me = $(this);
var code = e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which;
if (code == 13) {
if (typeof opt1 == 'function')
{
opt1(me, opt2);
return true;
}else if (opt1 == 'tab')
{
var eles = $(document).find('input,select,textarea,button').filter(':visible:not(:disabled):not([readonly])');
var foundMe = false;
var next = null;
eles.each(function(){
if (!next){
if (foundMe) next = $(this);
if (JSON.stringify($(this)) == JSON.stringify(me)) foundMe = true;
}
});
next.focus();
if (typeof opt2 === 'function')
{
opt2(me, opt3);
}
return true;
}
}
}).on('keydown', function(e){
var code = e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which;
if (code == 13)
{
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
return false;
}
});
}
})(jQuery);
} else {
console.log("onEnter.js: This class requies jQuery > v3!");
}input,
select,
textarea,
button {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<input id="one" type="text" placeholder="Input 1" />
<input id="two" type="text" placeholder="Input 2" />
<select id="four">
<option selected>A Select Box</option>
<option>Opt 1</option>
<option>Opt 2</option>
</select>
<textarea id="five" placeholder="A textarea"></textarea>
<input id="three" type="text" placeholder="Input 3" />
<button>A Button</button>
</form>I need to go next only to input and select, and element have to be focusable. This script works better for me:
$('body').on('keydown', 'input, select', function(e) {
if (e.key === "Enter") {
var self = $(this), form = self.parents('form:eq(0)'), focusable, next;
focusable = form.find('input,select,textarea').filter(':visible');
next = focusable.eq(focusable.index(this)+1);
if (next.length) {
next.focus();
} else {
form.submit();
}
return false;
}
});
Maybe it helps someone.