Enter and the Button Click Event

 

Of particular interest to ASP.NET developers, though, is that when creating an ASP.NET Web Form hitting Enter to submit the form seemingly sometimes causes the page’s Button Web control’s Click event to fire, and other times not. In this short article we’ll see under what conditions a Button Web control’s Click event might not fire when the user submits the page hitting Enter; furthermore, we’ll look at a workaround. Read on to learn more!

Via ASP.NET.4GuysFromRolla.com: Enter and the Button Click Event

 

p.s. For additional information about Enter and form submission, as well as JavaScript techniques for disabling submissions via Enter and ensuring submissions via Enter (for older browsers), be sure to check out the following articles:

• FORM submission and the ENTER key?
• Using JavaScript to prevent or trigger form submission when ENTER is hit
• FAQs relating to ‘Pressing Enter Key for Form Submission’
• Two Common Pitfalls When Submitting a Web Form Using the Enter Key

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