Stop textbox causing postback

Question

Hey. I've got an HTML textbox, but when I press enter, it causes a postback. I'd rather it either do nothing or 'click' a hyperlink anchor. How do I stop the textbox from causing a postback when the enter key is pressed? Tthanks

I have:

<input id="textbox" type="text" /> 
<a href="#">Locate</a>

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3384960/want-html-form-submit-to-do-nothing — Mohamed Saligh, Nov 22 '10 at 02:42
Similar to [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/585396/how-to-prevent-enter-keypress-to-submit-a-web-form). — ddrace, Nov 22 '10 at 02:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 22 '10 at 02:44

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Create a javascript onSubmit handler that returns false. E.g.

<form name="form1" onSubmit="return false;">
    <input type="text" value="Parnsip, turnip" />
</form>

answered Nov 22 '10 at 02:44

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