Here is an angular.js directive to make enter go to the next field using the other answers as inspiration. There is some, perhaps, odd looking code here because I only use the jQlite packaged with angular. I believe most of the features here work in all browsers > IE8.
angular.module('myapp', [])
.directive('pdkNextInputOnEnter', function() {
var includeTags = ['INPUT', 'SELECT'];
function link(scope, element, attrs) {
element.on('keydown', function (e) {
// Go to next form element on enter and only for included tags
if (e.keyCode == 13 && includeTags.indexOf(e.target.tagName) != -1) {
// Find all form elements that can receive focus
var focusable = element[0].querySelectorAll('input,select,button,textarea');
// Get the index of the currently focused element
var currentIndex = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(focusable, e.target)
// Find the next items in the list
var nextIndex = currentIndex == focusable.length - 1 ? 0 : currentIndex + 1;
// Focus the next element
if(nextIndex >= 0 && nextIndex < focusable.length)
focusable[nextIndex].focus();
return false;
}
});
}
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: link
};
});
Here's how I use it in the app I'm working on, by just adding the pdk-next-input-on-enter directive on an element. I am using a barcode scanner to enter data into fields, the default function of the scanner is to emulate a keayboard, injecting an enter key after typing the data of the scanned barcode.
There is one side-effect to this code (a positive one for my use-case), if it moves focus onto a button, the enter keyup event will cause the button's action to be activated. This worked really well for my flow as the last form element in my markup is a button that I want activated once all the fields have been "tabbed" through by scanning barcodes.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app=myapp>
<head>
<script src="angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="controller.js"></script>
</head>
<body ng-controller="LabelPrintingController">
<div class='.container' pdk-next-input-on-enter>
<select ng-options="p for p in partNumbers" ng-model="selectedPart" ng-change="selectedPartChanged()"></select>
<h2>{{labelDocument.SerialNumber}}</h2>
<div ng-show="labelDocument.ComponentSerials">
<b>Component Serials</b>
<ul>
<li ng-repeat="serial in labelDocument.ComponentSerials">
{{serial.name}}<br/>
<input type="text" ng-model="serial.value" />
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<button ng-click="printLabel()">Print</button>
</div>
</body>
</html>
textareafrom the selector in the first line. In a textarea, you want to be able to start a new line using the enter key. – Finicking