javascript on key press code example

Example 1: jquery on enter key pressed

//jQuery detect user pressing enter
$(document).on('keypress',function(e) {
    if(e.which == 13) {
        alert('User pressed Enter!');
    }
});

Example 2: js when key is pressed

document.addEventListener("keypress", function(event) {
	// do stuff
});

Example 3: javascript key pressed enter

$('.container').on('keydown', 'input', function(e) {
  if (e.keyCode === 13) {
    e.preventDefault();
  	e.stopImmediatePropagation();
    //Do your stuff...
  }
});

Example 4: html onkeypress

<input type="text" onkeypress="myFunction()">

Example 5: adding event listener keypress event in javascript

let msg = document.getDocumentById('#message');

msg.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
    // handle keydown
});

msg.addEventListener("keypress", (event) => {
    // handle keypress
});

msg.addEventListener("keyup", (event) => {
    // handle keyup
});