jquery asp.net, stopping postback

Question

I have a text box and I want the user to be able to type in the TextBox and when they hit enter, I want jQuery to make a ajax call to a web method.
The problem is, when user hits the enter, the method is called but then the page refreshes due to the return. I've tried using return false but with no results.

Here is the code:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />  
<script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript">
   function serviceCall(getText) {          
      $.ajax({
       type: "POST",
       url: 'ActiveDirectoryAutoFillWebService.asmx/TestMethod',
       data: "{'getId':'+ getText +'}",
       contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
       dataType: "json",
       success: function (msg) {
       $("#divResult").html(msg.d);
       },
       error: function (e) {
       $("#divResult").html("WebSerivce unreachable " + e.name + " " + e.message);
     }
   });  
  //  return false;       This does not work      
}
function searchKeyPress(e) {
   if (typeof e == 'undefined' && window.event) { e = window.event; }
       if (e.keyCode == 13) {              
           serviceCall(e)   
           //  return false;       This does not work         
       }          
 }
 </script>
</head>
<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">      
    <div id="divResult" style="margin-top: 20px;"></div>
    <asp:TextBox ID="tbSearchName" runat="server" onKeyPress="searchKeyPress(event); "></asp:TextBox>      

</form>
</body>
</html>

If anyone knows how I can accomplish this, please let me know.

Answer 1

Have a look at the following functions on the event object:

In your case, you can use

e.preventDefault()

This will stop the default action from happening.

jquery asp.net, stopping postback

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3 ACCPTED 2013-04-22 11:34:41

jquery asp.net, stopping postback

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solution1 3 ACCPTED 2013-04-22 11:34:41

solution1
3 ACCPTED 2013-04-22 11:34:41