Stop angular.js route changing on press enter in input box

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I have a form with multiple input boxes and when the first input box has focus and if I press Enter then route is changing and navigating somewhere. How can I stop it?

Most probably when you press enter the form submits... that's why it's navigating to another page. Please post your form code. Are using ng-submit ? — Iansen, Aug 12 '14 at 11:45
Use something like preventDefault or return false in you ng-submit handler. — Iansen, Aug 12 '14 at 11:46
I am not using ng-submit and there is no button type="submit". — Rawat Raman, Aug 12 '14 at 11:59

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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The form is submitted hitting enter.
You can try adding an event that listen to the Enter keypressed like this:

<input ... ng-keypress="keyPressed($event)">

Then in your controller you can just prevent the default behavior for Enter key.

$scope.keyPressed = function(event) {
  if (event.which === 13){
    event.preventDefault();
  }
}

You can find more info in several other questions around SO

Submit form on pressing Enter with AngularJS
How to use a keypress event in AngularJS?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Thanks for answer but I don't wanna break the by default functionality. – Rawat Raman Aug 12 '14 at 12:01

Stop angular.js route changing on press enter in input box

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