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Jasper Mogg
Jasper Mogg

Reputation: 924

How can I detect a user submission of a search field in jQuery Mobile?

I've got a search bar in a jQM/phonegap/cordova Android app.

How on earth do I detect when the user presses 'enter' or 'done' or whatever, so I can submit the search??

Do I have to build a custom key detector, or is there an event for this?

So frustrating - I can't find this in the docs anywhere....

Cheers all!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2202

Answers (2)

Raymond Camden
Raymond Camden

Reputation: 10857

You would use the same code you would in a "normal" HTML application. Since you are using jQuery Mobile, you can use jQuery. If the field had an id of foo, you could use

$("#foo").on("click", function() {
//do stuff here
});

Upvotes: 0

Fraser
Fraser

Reputation: 14244

You would wrap the field in a form element ie:

<form id="foo">
<input type="text" />
</form>

Then to trigger an event when "the user presses the equivalent of 'return' on a PC keyboard i.e. 'go' or 'done', or whatever the OS has called it" you can use

$('#foo').submit(function(){
    //do stuff
})

Upvotes: 5

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