Bootstrap 3 modal is closed when enter is pressed, but form is not submitted

Question

I have the following Twitter Bootstrap 3 modal, with a form inside of the modal:

<!-- Button trigger modal -->
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal">
  Launch demo modal
</button>

<!-- Modal -->
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
  <div class="modal-dialog">
    <div class="modal-content">
        <div class="modal-header">
            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
            <h2 class="modal-title">Add new page</h2>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-body">
            <form class="form-horizontal add-new-page-form">
                <fieldset>
                    <!-- Label -->
                    <div class="form-group">
                      <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="labelInput">Label</label>
                      <div class="col-md-5">
                      <input id="labelInput" name="labelInput" type="text" data-field="label" class="form-control input-md">
                      <span class="help-block">Page label</span>
                      </div>
                    </div>

                    <!-- Button (Double) -->
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="closeBtn"></label>
                        <div class="col-md-8">
                            <button id="closeBtn" name="closeBtn" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
                            <input type="submit" id="saveBtn" name="saveBtn" class="btn btn-primary add-page" value="Add">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
            </form>
        </div>
     </div>
  </div>
</div>

I want to catch the submit event via jQuery:

$("form").on("submit", function () {
    alert("foo");
    return false;
});

The form is not submitted via pressing Enter key (when an text input is focused), but it is submitted when Add button (that is a submit one) is clicked.

I cannot find why the form is not submitted via Enter. The modal simply closes, but submit event is not emitted/fired.

JSFDDLE - where the issue can be reproduced

Tested on Chromium Version 34.0.1847.116 Ubuntu 14.04 aura (260972) and Firefox 31.0. Same issue on both browsers.

Answer 1

you can simply change the order from

close-button

submit-button

to

submit-button

close-button

or add

 type="button"

to your close button so it doesn´t get interpreted as submit button

cheers

Answer 2

I've added a handler to the modal close event to submit the form before closing the modal, like so:

$("#myModal").on("hide.bs.modal", function () {
    $(this).find('form').submit(); 
});

I've updated the jsfiddle correspondingly, http://jsfiddle.net/yAzrs/2/

You could also listen for the enter key within the form itself, something like this:

$('form').on("keypress", function (e) {
    if (e.which == 13) $(this).submit();
});