How to detect pressing Enter on keyboard using jQuery?

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How to detect pressing Enter on keyboard using jQuery?

I would like to detect whether the user has pressed Enter using jQuery.

How is this possible? Does it require a plugin?

EDIT: It looks like I need to use the keypress() method.

I wanted to know if anyone knows if there are browser issues with that command - like are there any browser compatibility issues I should know about?

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4 years ago by Bharatv4tg1

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**akshay1995** · Answer 1 · 2021-06-11T12:20:54

The whole point of jQuery is that you don't have to worry about browser differences. I am pretty sure you can safely go with enter being 13 in all browsers. So with that in mind, you can do this:



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

    if(e.which == 13) {

        alert('You pressed enter!');

    }

});

**kshitijrana14** · Answer 2 · 2021-06-15T05:00:31

I found this to be more cross-browser compatible:

$(document).keypress(function(event) {

    var keycode = event.keyCode || event.which;

    if(keycode == '13') {

        alert('You pressed a "enter" key in somewhere');    

    }

});

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How to detect pressing Enter on keyboard using jQuery?

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