Make enter key behave like tab key in Javascript

Question

So far i have this being called on keypress.

function chkenter()
{
  e = event.keyCode;

  if (e == 13)
  {
    event.keyCode = 9;
    return false;
  }
}

but even though i set the keycode to 9 it doesn't tab over to the next control. How can i accomplish this? I'm working in Asp Classic.

What I ultimately want is for the focus to move to the next element. The next element's id, however, is not determined completely because its id was set in a loop, but at this point it exists. How can i set focus to the next control is the question.

Answer 1

It is an IE only script, so if you try to run it on firefox it wont work.

For it to work on IE, remove "return false;" from your code and dont forget to atach this function into "onkeydown" event.

Answer 2

You can do this using jQuery like so:

function checkKey(e){
    if( e.keyCode == 13 ){ // if enter key
        var e = jQuery.Event('keydown'); // create a manual event
        e.which = e.charCode = 0;
        e.keyCode = 9; // set the new event to "tab"
        $(this.target).trigger(e); // trigger the new event (on the document)
        return false;  // cancels the original "enter" event from executing
    }
}
// lets say you bind the event on the whole document...
$(document).on('keydown', checkKey);