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Prevent form submitting when pressing enter from a text input, using Vue.js

I am using Vue.js in my app and have a text input within a form

<div id="myVueForm">
<form>
   <input type="text" v-on="keyup:addCategory | key 'enter'">

   <!-- more form fields -->
   <button type="submit">Submit Form</button>
</form>
</div>

In my Vue instance I have the following

new Vue({
    el: '#myVueForm',

    methods: {
        addCategory: function(e)
        {
           if(e) e.preventDefault();
           console.log("Added a new category, thanks!");
        }
    }
});

Despite the preventDefault() call, when a user presses enter whilst on the text input the form still submits (although the addCategory() method does fire). This behaviour can be demonstrated in this fiddle.

I know I can use jQuery to catch the event and prevent the submit, but I'd like to see if it's possible in Vue to do this as it seems quite a common usage.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
3 answers
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Here's a solution for Vue.js 2.x:

<input type='text' v-on:keydown.enter.prevent='addCategory' />
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

0

The submit is always fired on keydown. So use keydown instead of keyup.

<input type="text"  v-on="keydown:addCategory | key 'enter'">
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

0

why dont just disable the form submission ?

<form v-on:submit.prevent><input .../></form>
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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