Disable Enter Key On Page, But Not In Textarea

Found this script: function stopRKey(evt) { var evt = (evt) ? evt : ((event) ? event : null); var node = (evt.target) ? evt.target : ((evt.srcElement) ? evt.srcElement : null

Solution 1:

You need to check the nodeName or tagName of the event target here, like this:

if (evt.keyCode == 13 && node.nodeName != "TEXTAREA") { returnfalse; }

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I noticed after this was accepted that you are already using jQuery, you can just replace all your code above with this:

$(document).keypress(function (e) {
  if(e.which == 13 && e.target.nodeName != "TEXTAREA") returnfalse;
});

Solution 2:

I think you can just change this line

if (evt.keyCode == 13 && node.type == "text") {
  returnfalse;
}

to

if (evt.keyCode == 13 && node.type != "TEXTAREA") {
  returnfalse;
}

Solution 3:

If you use jquery (highly recommended) then this will automatically add the function to allow use of the enter key:

$("textarea").focus(function () { 
     $(this).keypress(handleEnter);
});