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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T16:50:06+00:00 2026-05-26T16:50:06+00:00

So, I was trying to make a textarea which when I press enter, it

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So, I was trying to make a textarea which when I press enter, it should submit the value then clear it.

The submit part was fine, however, instead of going back to the beginning of the textbox, it has a second line.

document.getElementById("content").blur();
document.getElementById("content").value = "";
document.getElementById("content").value.replace(/[\n]/i, '');
document.getElementById("content").focus();

I tried that to clear my textarea with the id = content, it still does not work….

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    2026-05-26T16:50:07+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 4:50 pm

    You should return false on the keydown event if the actual press was enter. That way the original event (new line to the textbox) won’t be fired.

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