Question

I have something like this:

$('#find').click(function() {...  

I need to also add to that event that if they press the enter key it will also execute.

I was thinking something along the lines of:

var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);  
if ( ($('#find').click()) || (code == 13)) {

But obviously it does not work. How can I merge both ways into one. Pressing enter should work only when done in the input with id=”code”. The click event is for another input type button with id=”find”. I want to merge both that, if the user presses enter while typing the code or clicking the button to send the code, both ways work the same way.

Answer 1

you can do it like this:

function myHandler(){
  $(this).css('background-color', 'green'); //whatever you need to do here
}
$('#find').click(myHandler); 
$('#find').keypress(function(){
   var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);  
   if(code == 13) myHandler();
); 

or maybe use keyup, you should read the docs on that: http://api.jquery.com/keyup/