event when enter key is pressed javascript code example

Example 1: javascript enter event listener

document.querySelector('#txtSearch').addEventListener('keypress', function (e) {
    if (e.key === 'Enter') {
      // code for enter
    }
});

Example 2: javascript submit form when enter key pressed

//submit form when 'Enter' key is pressed while in myInputID
document.getElementById("myInputID").addEventListener("keyup", function(event) {
    if (event.keyCode === 13) {
    	document.getElementById("myFormID").submit();
		return false;
    }
});

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