Jquery select NEXT text field on Enter Key Press

Question

I have made a page using jquery, and on load it selects the first text field automatically. I want it to then move to the next field when the ENTER key is pressed.

$('.barcodeField input').bind('keyup', function(event) {
    if(event.keyCode==13){
       $("this + input").focus();     
    }
});

I can't find anything that works on the net. And I've scoured the forums.

Answer 1

I've created a little function which can do what you need. This is the version I use so you may need to change the class names but you should get the idea.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".vertical").keypress(function(event) {
        if(event.keyCode == 13) { 
        textboxes = $("input.vertical");
        debugger;
        currentBoxNumber = textboxes.index(this);
        if (textboxes[currentBoxNumber + 1] != null) {
            nextBox = textboxes[currentBoxNumber + 1]
            nextBox.focus();
            nextBox.select();
            event.preventDefault();
            return false 
            }
        }
    });
})
</script>

So basically:-

• Get all the input fields matching .vertical
• Find which is the current text box
• Find the next one
• Set the focus on that one

Answer 2

You should use:

$(this).next('input').focus();  

Answer 3

try this:

(function($){
    $.fn.enterNext = function(){
       var _i =0;
       $('input[type=text], select',this)
            .each(function(index){
            _i = index;
            $(this)
                .addClass('tab'+index)
                .keydown(function(event){
                    if(event.keyCode==13){
                        $('.tab'+(index+1)).focus();
                        event.preventDefault();
                    }
                });

        })
     $( "input[type=submit]",this ).addClass('tab'+(_i+1));
}})(jQuery);

for use:

$('form.element').enterNext();

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in my case this is the best solution in that I got because the function .next() is strict with elements outside their branch DOM. The best way is to force an index.

and sorry for my bad English...