Hitting the enter key

[marine33]

The website i am running for our fraternities local website has a password page. and after inputing the proper password you have to actually click on the enter button....

How can i get it so all u have to do is hit the enter key on the keyboard?

here is the website...... if you click on the brothers only link on the side u will see where its at.

http://studentorg.stcloudstate.edu/pkt/

[Markus]

I guess it depends what browser you are using. You know, with that big ol' 'submit' button there, I don't think your frat brothers will be too stumped on submitting the password.

[marine33]

yea its not really a matter of a problem just makes the page easier to use. we all know to click on it. Was just trying to find out a way to get it so all u have to do is hit the enter key. I have gone on it many times and every now and then just hit enter because im used to doing it on so many other pages.

[JamieHowarth0]

Hi there,

It's a case of capturing the event when a key is pressed, checking to see if it's the Enter key, and submitting the form, right?
Try adding this to your form:

<form onkeypress="checkSubmit(event)">
 

And in the head of your document, add this:

<script type="text/javascript>
<!--
function checkSubmit(e)
 
if (window.event) { //For IE
   switch (e.keyCode) {
        case 13:
            document.myform.submit();
            return true;
            break;
        default:
            return false;
            break;
    }
} else if (e.which) {
   switch (e.which) {
        case 13:
            document.myform.submit();
            return true;
            break;
        default:
            return false;
            break;
    }        
}
//--></script>
 

Replace myform with the name of your form in the above code and it should work fine.
The above code is provided with a little help from W3Schools.

Hope this helps.

medicineworker

P.S. I moved your thread to the Javascript forum cause the answer is JS-based.

[acoder]

By default, both Firefox and IE will submit the form if you're still focused on the text box and press the enter key.