How to detect pressing enter on a keyboard

This example detects a enter keypress using JavaScript/JQuery

by firegroove

HTML

<body onkeydown="handleShift(event)">

</body>

JavaScript

// detect enter keypress
/* $(document).keydown(function(e) {
    var keycode = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
alert(e.which)
    if (keycode == '16') {
      alert('You pressed shift! - keypress');
    }
}); */

// write small plugin for keypress enter detection


// use custom plugin



// handle enter plain javascript
function handleShift(e) {
  var keycode = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
  if (keycode == '16') {
    alert('You pressed shift! - plain javascript');
  }
}