How to detect pressing Enter on keyboard using jQuery?


To detect pressing Enter on keyboard, use the keup() function with keyCode. You can try to run the following code to learn how to detect pressing Enter on keyboard using jQuery −

Example

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
      <script>
         $(document).ready(function(){
         $('textarea').bind("enterKey",function(e){
         alert("You have pressed Enter key!");
      });
      $('textarea').keyup(function(e){
         if(e.keyCode == 13)
         {
            $(this).trigger("enterKey");
         }
      });
   });
   </script>
   </head>
<body>
   <p>Press Enter below</p>
   <textarea rows="2" cols="20">
   </textarea>
</body>
</html>

Press Enter below

Updated on: 20-Jun-2020

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