Prevent HTML form submit from refreshing page and triggering another function instead

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How do I trigger a function while also preventing a HTML form from refreshing the page when a user hits the 'enter' key while an input element is selected?

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I understand that <form onsubmit="return false;"> will prevent the page from reloading. But how do I also get it to trigger another function, say add();...?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/683498/calling-javascript-from-a-html-form — Roope, May 31 '14 at 13:50

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '14 at 13:50

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try this,

<form onsubmit="your_function(); return false;">

answered May 31 '14 at 13:50

Sark

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Doh! It worked... I had the function after the 'return false;' bit earlier, I guess that was the problem? – Abhishek May 31 '14 at 13:58
yeah, simple mistake, glad it helped.! – Sark May 31 '14 at 14:00

Prevent HTML form submit from refreshing page and triggering another function instead

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