Prevent Enter from submitting the form

Updated: 22 May 2010 | 1 comment

DrGonzo65

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I have a long web form and a few users have pressed Enter by accident before they complete it, submitting an incomplete form. Is there a way to keep the Submit button from responding to a press of the Enter key?

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Oct

2009

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claus66

A little javascript

Add the following in the Script-field (Right click form -> Edit form -> Behavior Tab):

function cancelEnter(evt) {
  var evt = (evt) ? evt : ((event) ? event : null);
  var node = (evt.target) ? evt.target : ((evt.srcElement) ? evt.srcElement : null);
  if ((evt.keyCode == 13) && (node.type=="text"))  {return false;}
}

document.onkeypress = cancelEnter;

A little explanation :
The script will cancel all 'Enter's (evt.keyCode == 13) whilst in a textbox (node.type=="text").

Prevent Enter from submitting the form

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