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Capturing The Enter Key Keypress in ASP.NET

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This is to prevent a form from being inadvertently submitted.

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  1. <script type="text/javascript">
  2.     ////////////////////////////////
  3.     // prototype.js is required
  4.     ////////////////////////////////
  5.  
  6.     var tbox = '<%= txtSearch.ClientID %>';
  7.     var sbtn = '<%= btnSearch.ClientID %>';
  8.  
  9.     Event.observe(window, 'load', init, false);
  10.  
  11.     function init(){
  12.         Event.observe(tbox, "keypress", function(e){checkEnter(e)});
  13.     }
  14.  
  15.     function checkEnter(e){
  16.         if (e.keyCode == 13){
  17.             $(sbtn).click();
  18.             Event.stop(e);
  19.         }
  20.     }
  21. </script>

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