Question

I have a search box and search button. I want to call a javascript method in case somebody types in search box and hits enter or clicks on search button.

So far with keypress event it’s working fine:

 function Search(e) {                                   
   if(e.keyCode==13) {                  
        //DO operation
   }
  }

If I want to call same function on onclick event of search button, how can I use same method shown above. Only purpose here is not to duplicate same code by writing two different methods which at the end do same thing.

Answer 1

Add listeners to both events (onclick and onkeypress) and use event’s type:

 function Search(e) {  
    if( e.type == 'click' || 
        (e.type=='keypress' && e.keyCode==13) ){
        //DO operation
    }       
 }