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Adam K Dean
Adam K Dean

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Detect enter key hit using jQuery

Just a little snippet today, for future reference more than anything.

$('.textbox').bind('onEnter', function(e) { 
    // your code here
});
$('.textbox').keyup(function(e) {
    if (e.keyCode == 13) 
        $(this).trigger('onEnter');
});
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It's pretty much self-explanatory. When enter is pressed, the above function fires.

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