[jquery] Trigger an event on `click` and `enter`

I have a searchbox on my site that. Currently, users must click the submit button next to the box to search via jquery's post. I would like to let users also press enter to search. How can i do this?

JQUERY:

$('document').ready(function(){
    $('#searchButton').click(function(){
        var search = $('#usersSearch').val();
        $.post('../searchusers.php',{search: search},function(response){
            $('#userSearchResultsTable').html(response);
        });
    });
});

HTML:

<input type='text' id='usersSearch'  /><input type='button' id='searchButton' value='search' />

Take a look at the keypress function.

I believe the enter key is 13 so you would want something like:

$('#searchButton').keypress(function(e){
    if(e.which == 13){  //Enter is key 13
        //Do something
    }
});

Something like this will work

$('#usersSearch').keypress(function(ev){
    if (ev.which === 13)
        $('#searchButton').click();
});

you can use below event of keypress on document load.

 $(document).keypress(function(e) {
            if(e.which == 13) {
               yourfunction();
            }
        });

Thanks

You call both event listeners using .on() then use a if inside the function:

$(function(){
  $('#searchButton').on('keypress click', function(e){
    var search = $('#usersSearch').val();
    if (e.which === 13 || e.type === 'click') {
      $.post('../searchusers.php', {search: search}, function (response) {
        $('#userSearchResultsTable').html(response);
      });
    }
  });
});

$('#form').keydown(function(e){
    if (e.keyCode === 13) { // If Enter key pressed
        $(this).trigger('submit');
    }
});

$('#usersSearch').keyup(function() { // handle keyup event on search input field

    var key = e.which || e.keyCode;  // store browser agnostic keycode

    if(key == 13) 
        $(this).closest('form').submit(); // submit parent form
}