Trigger a button click with JavaScript on the Enter key in a text box
In jQuery, the following would work: $(“#id_of_textbox”).keyup(function(event) { if (event.keyCode === 13) { $(“#id_of_button”).click(); } }); $(“#pw”).keyup(function(event) { if (event.keyCode === 13) { $(“#myButton”).click(); } }); $(“#myButton”).click(function() { alert(“Button code executed.”); }); <script src=”https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js”></script> Username:<input id=”username” type=”text”><br> Password: <input id=”pw” type=”password”><br> <button id=”myButton”>Submit</button> Or in plain JavaScript, the following would work: document.getElementById(“id_of_textbox”) .addEventListener(“keyup”, function(event) { event.preventDefault(); … Read more