How to fire the actual "Enter" keypress event of the browser?

Question

I know it is possible to use JQuery.Event to simulate "Enter" keypress. Something like this does that -

var event = jQuery.Event( "keydown" );
event.keyCode = 13
$("input").trigger( event );

However, this does not fire the browser default behavior when the actual "Enter" key is pressed. For example, going to next line if the cursor is in textarea or submitting the form when the cursor is in input tag.

I want to know if it is possible to trigger or simulate the actual "Enter" keypress event/behavior.

It would be easier to trigger whatever is supposed to happen when you press the enter key, rather than fake that. Explain specifically what you want to achieve and we can help. — Reinstate Monica Cellio, Nov 05 '13 at 10:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 10:16

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Try this : Js fiddle

var e = jQuery.Event("keypress");
e.which = 13 
$("#test").keypress(function(){
   alert('keypress triggered')
}).trigger(e)

answered Nov 05 '13 at 10:16

Ankit Tyagi

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Source : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3276794/jquery-or-pure-js-simulate-enter-key-pressed-for-testing – Ankit Tyagi Nov 05 '13 at 10:17
this doesn't trigger browsers native event. – th1rdey3 Dec 15 '14 at 12:39

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 10:16

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Do you want some thing similar this one?

 $(function(){
   $(document).keypress(function(event) {
      if(event.which == 13) {
      console.log("Dude! You hit Enter Key!!");
     }
   });
 });

answered Nov 05 '13 at 10:16

Krish R

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 11:13

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you can use this:

$("body").delegate("input", "keypress",function(e){
  if(e.which == 13){
  }
}

it's work for all input .

answered Nov 05 '13 at 11:13

azadeh noorzad

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How to fire the actual "Enter" keypress event of the browser?

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