performing a search on enter?-CodePudding

I have this form:

<form>
  <label for="locationsearch">Location:</label>
  <input type="search" id="locationsearch" name="locationsearch" />
</form>

I want to add an eventListener when I hit enter on the input(i.e. #locationsearch). I tried doing this:

const locationSearch = document.getElementById("locationsearch");
    locationSearch.addEventListener("search", () => {
      console.log("search entered");
    });

and this:

const locationSearch = document.getElementById("locationsearch");
locationSearch.onsubmit = function () {
  console.log("search entered");
};

Both are not console-logging.

What is the correct/better way to perform this action?

CodePudding user response：

The onsubmit event would happen on the form itself, not the input. So you could use an id on the form instead to target it directly.

const locationSearch = document.getElementById("locationsearch");
locationSearch.onsubmit = function () {
  console.log("search entered");
};

<form id="locationsearch">
  <label for="locationsearch">Location:</label>
  <input type="search" name="locationsearch" />
</form>

CodePudding user response：

You could handle it keydown event handler of input element. And check the key code if Enter key pressed.

const locationSearch = document.getElementById("locationsearch");
locationSearch.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
  if (e.code === 'Enter') {
     // Do Something ? Search
  }
});

CodePudding user response：

You can use keypress event for this.

const locationSearch = document.getElementById("locationsearch");
    locationSearch.addEventListener("keypress", () => {
      if (event.key === "Enter") {
    event.preventDefault();
    let inputVal = document.getElementById("locationsearch").value;
    console.log("search entered " inputVal);
    document.getElementById("locationsearch").value = "";
  }
});

<form>
  <label for="locationsearch">Location:</label>
  <input type="search" id="locationsearch" name="locationsearch" />
</form>