How to stop the Enter Button from Submitting?

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I have a web form that I would like for the Enter Button on any keyboard not to submit the form. Is there a clean way of doing this in c# or in ASP.NET?

Posted 19-Nov-14 4:43am

Computer Wiz99

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Solution 2

check http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Disable-Enter-key-in-TextBox-to-avoid-postback-in-ASP.Net.aspx[^]

Posted 19-Nov-14 5:04am

DamithSL

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

TwistedNattyB · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-19T04:51:00

Solution 1

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.button.usesubmitbehavior(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

Set UseSubmitBehavior="False" on your Buttons. This disables the "AutoPostback" on Enter.

Posted 19-Nov-14 4:51am

TwistedNattyB