Question

I have a form like

<input type="text" name="test" value="">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">

When I press the Enter button I want it to do create a new line in text box (br) but Enter key triggers the submit and it submits the value instantly. How can I solve this issue?

Answer 1

What you want is probably the <textarea> element instead of <input>. The syntax is a little different, with the main difference being that there is no type attribute, and instead the “value” goes between the opening and closing tag:

<textarea name="test" rows="1">value here</textarea>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">

Note that rows="1" is simply to emulate <text>. If you want to allow newlines, you should probably use a higher value for that attribute.