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To trigger an action when the Enter key is pressed in an HTML input field, you can use JavaScript to listen for the keypress event and check if the pressed key is the Enter key.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><input type="text" id="myInput" placeholder="Press Enter"><button id="myBtn">Click Me</button><script>// Get the input fieldvar input = document.getElementById("myInput");// Execute a function when the user presses a key on the keyboardinput.addEventListener("keypress", function(event) {// If the user presses the "Enter" key on the keyboardif (event.key === "Enter") {// Cancel the default action, if neededevent.preventDefault();// Trigger the button element with a clickdocument.getElementById("myBtn").click();}});</script></body></html>Copied!✕CopyIn this example, when you press the Enter key inside the input field, it triggers a click event on the button.
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Trigger a button click on keyboard "enter" with JavaScript. Press the "Enter" key inside the input field to trigger the button: Tip: Learn more about the KeyboardEvent key Property in our JavaScript Reference.
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