Question

I have a jsp page. In that jsp have one form for the user activate functionality by selecting the users. and also i have one search field for search the user
like

<div class="quick-search-input-container"> 
<label id="quick-search-input-label" for="quick-search-input">Quick Search</label><s:textfield  name="quick-search-input"  id="quick-search-input" maxlength="50" value=""></s:textfield>
        <input type="button" class="grey-button" name="quick-search-submit" id="quick-search-submit" value="Search" onclick="searchSubmit()" />
        </div>

by the on click i wrote an action for the search but i want to search when i click a enter button through the keyboard.

shall i have a form inside the form? Is it a best practice ? or any other solutions

Answer 1

How about this solution?

function isEnterPressed(ev) {
if(ev.keyCode==13) {searchSubmit();return false;}
}
<s:textfield  name="quick-search-input"  id="quick-search-input" maxlength="50" value="" onkeypress="isEnterPressed(event)"></s:textfield>