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Press the enter key in a text box with jQuery

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How can I mimic pressing the enter button from within a <input>, using jQuery?

In other words, when a <input> (type text) is in focus and you press enter, a certain event is triggered. How can I trigger that event with jQuery?

There is no form being submitted, so .submit() won't work

EDIT

Okay, please listen carefully, because my question is being misinterpreted. I do NOT want to trigger events WHEN the enter button is pressed in textbox. I want to simulate the enter button being pressed inside the textbox, and trigger this from jQuery, from $(document).ready. So no method involving on.('keypress')... or stuff like that is what I'm looking for.

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answered 10 Years ago brendan · Accepted Answer

Use keypress then check the keycode

Try this

$('input').on('keypress', function(e) {

    var code = e.keyCode || e.which;

    if(code==13){

        // Enter pressed... do anything here...

    }

});

OR

e = jQuery.Event(keypress)

e.which = 13 //choose the one you want

    $(#test).keypress(function(){

     alert('keypress triggered')

    }).trigger(e)

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