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I have a <textarea> that onkeypress ('Enter') sends a message in a live chat. The problem is that after pressing first time "Enter", the textarea field starts from the second input row.

How do I make the field reset or not taking "Enter" as a next row value?

Code:

<textarea disabled = "enabled"
onblur = "stopTyping();"
onfocus = "playTitleFlag=false; 
window.title='';"
onkeypress = "tryToSend(event);"
id = "chatmsg"
rows = "1"
cols = "1"
class = "chatmsg"></textarea>

And the onkeypress function:

function tryToSend(event) {
    var key = event.keyCode;

    if (key == "13") {
        sendMsg();
        return;
    }

    var msg = document.getElementById("chatmsg").value;

    if (trim(msg) != "") {
        typing();
    }
    else {
        stopTyping();
    }
}
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To cancel the default behaviour you should use return false;

see What's the effect of adding 'return false' to a click event listener?

To reset a textarea simply set its value to "". document.getElementById(f).value = "";

P.S Note that event.keyCode return an integer

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