Android disable Enter key in soft keyboard

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Can anyone tell me how to disable and enable the Enter key in the soft keyboard?

I would also like to know how to do this. I've noticed in my phonegap application that if I use the enter key after completing entry into a text field that sometimes the screen does not render correctly. If I use the native android back button when done it works perfect every time. — blong824, Jan 25 '12 at 14:45

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '15 at 10:09

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just go to your xml and put this attribute in EditText

android:singleLine="true"

and your enter key will be gone

answered Apr 25 '15 at 10:09

Adnan Ali

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I don't know if this is what they were asking specifically but it's exactly what I needed! Thanks! – Sloganho Jun 17 '15 at 15:31
android:singleLine is deprecated but it is working perfectly for this case. Thanks. – Kyaw Min Thu L Feb 17 '17 at 03:52

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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Attach OnEditorActionListener to your text field and return true from its onEditorAction method, when actionId is equal to IME_ACTION_DONE. This will prevent soft keyboard from hiding:

EditText txtEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtEdit);
txtEdit.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {

  public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
    if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {
      // your additional processing... 
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
});

Refer this LINK.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered May 12 '12 at 04:10

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/50460109/19856629 – Kanan Sep 01 '23 at 11:49

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '17 at 14:58

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Try this, together imeOptions = actionDone

<EditText 
   android:id="@+id/edittext_done"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:imeOptions="actionDone"
   android:maxLines="1"/>

answered Oct 25 '17 at 14:58

missionMan

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 12:44

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In the EditText's layout put something like this:

android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ,"

You can also enumerate the rest of the symbols that you would like to be able to enter there, but not the enter key.

answered Jun 28 '13 at 12:44

g00dy

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 02:56

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I know this question is quite old but an easy way of disabling the enter key is to set android:maxLines="1" in your EditText.

answered Jun 25 '13 at 02:56

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downvoted, not working. I have an EditText with maxLines="1" and still shows and handles the enter key. – momo Oct 16 '13 at 06:49

Android disable Enter key in soft keyboard

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