How to add event when press enter using C#?

Question

I have solution when add text in textbox and press Enter the textbox content inserted in DB , I tried to get the best solution for that but I couldn't . so How can I add event when press Enter?.

<asp:TextBox runat="server" id="txt_home">Add Comment</asp:TextBox>

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13158752/fire-event-on-enter-key-press-for-a-asp-net-textbox — Laird Streak, Dec 22 '13 at 21:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 17 '15 at 05:28

in asp.net the simplest way is to use a Panel that warps the textboxes, and what ever user fills, and set DefaultButton to the action you wont when the user press Enter for the included text boxes.

<asp:Panel runat="server" ID="pnlAct" DefaultButton="Button1">
    <asp:TextBox runat="server" id="txt_home">Add Comment</asp:TextBox>
    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />
</asp:Panel>

Of course you can use custom javascript to capture the Enter and make custom post back, but asp.net all ready gives you a safe and "ready to use solution".

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 17 '15 at 05:05

The most usual event in a textbox is the TextChangedEvent. I suppose this is what you are looking for. The link provided, gives you also this example:

protected void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   Label1.Text = Server.HtmlEncode(TextBox1.Text);
}

Alternatively, you could use javascript to capture a keydown or a keyup event. Then you could check if the key pressed is the Enter key. For example:

$(".input1").keyup(function (e) {
    if (e.keyCode == 13) {
        // Do something
    }
});

Hope I helped!

How to add event when press enter using C#?

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