Using a hotkey to submit an HTML form?

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Using a hotkey to submit an HTML form?

Hi there,

I have a very simple HTML form, only containing a submit button and a textarea. Is there an easy way to use a hotkey to submit this form, as an alternative to pressing the button?

Thanks in advance :-)

+1 A:

Submit buttons can have accesskeys, but there are drawbacks. Users would probably be better off just hitting the tab key to focus the submit button, and then pressing enter.

David Dorward 2010-09-01 13:08:59

This is what I'm looking for as the website isn't aimed toward the greater public so the browser difference in handling accesskeys is no problem :-)

Chris 2010-09-01 13:19:40

Have a look at this solution.

klausbyskov 2010-09-01 13:09:16

The trouble with this is that users expect the enter key to create a line break when they are in a textarea.

David Dorward 2010-09-01 13:10:28

That was my first thought as well, David. Thanks anyway.

Chris 2010-09-01 13:20:42

+1 A:

you can use the "keyDown", "keyPress" events if you use a JS library (JQUERY or MOOTOOLS).. you can program your own Ctrl+S to submit.

On JQuery see this http://api.jquery.com/keypress/

On Mootools see this http://mootorial.com/wiki/mootorial/03-native/05-event

pleasedontbelong 2010-09-01 13:12:41

Ctrl+S (in Firefox for Windows at least) usually means "Save this page". Messing with user expectations is usually not a good idea.

David Dorward 2010-09-01 13:18:20

I'll take a look at jQuery, thank you.

Chris 2010-09-01 13:21:24

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