Prevent Users From Submitting Form By Hitting Enter

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Here we consider how to Prevent Users From Submitting Form By Hitting Enter Key. This issue is normal when the form focus is on the Submitting Button. If the User accidently click on the Enter Key, the form will be submitted.

If the user only wants to submit by clicking the Submit button, follow these code. We have to prevent the Enter Key by getting pressed. The Key Code for Enter is 13. Inside Keydown event on Jquery, prevent the Key code 13 as follows.


$(function () {
     $(window).keydown(function (event) {
        if (event.keyCode == 13) {
              event.preventDefault();
               return false;
         }
     });
})



The above Jquery Code would prevent the Enter Key getting pressed. This would Prevent Users From Submitting Form By Hitting Enter Key.