Modify jQuery autocomplete not to submit eagerly on Enter

Question

Our users complain that when they press the enter key after pasting or typing values in a jQuery autocomplete widget the form is submitted.

It\'s extremely annoyin

Answer 1

I was somehow against overriding the jqueryui implementation and did the following:

• in the close event of the autocomplete i set a flag "doNotSubmit" when enter was pressed
• in your case then i'd bound a submit event listener to the form which checks the doNotSubmit flag and acts accordingly.

The basic idea behind it, is that jqueryui's close event is triggered before keyup or submit events and gives you the keycode. So you can in another place (keyup, submit, etc.) consume that one unwanted enter or other keypress.