Question

I need some help with the jQuery focus function.
I have an input field and I would like to do something when Enter is pressed and the input field has focus.

HTML:

<form class="myform">
<ul>
<input class="inputfield" type="text">
</ul>
</form>

and jQuery:

$(document).keyup(function(event) {
    if (event.keyCode == 13 && $(':input').is(':focus')) {
        //do stuff here
    }
});

the .is(‘:focus’) returns always false.

Does anyone know whats the problem here?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Why don’t you assign the keyup event directly to the input fields?

$('.inputfield').keyup(function(event) {
    if (event.keyCode == 13) {
        // Enter key pressed ... do stuff here
    }
});