Thanks. That worked :) I should get into the habit of using this
'is()' function. very convenient.
On 23 oct, 18:07, "Richard D. Worth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can check the target of the keypress, by e.target. Something like this
> (untested):
>
> $("#body").keypress(function(e) {
> if (e.which == 13 && !$(e.target).is("textarea")) {
> return false;
> }
>
> });
>
> - Richard
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm not completely sure this is a jQuery issue or a javascript issue.
> > Pardon me if I'm not in the right place.
>
> > I have disabled the Enter key on the page like that :
>
> > $("#body").keypress(function(e) {
> > if (e.which == 13) {
> > return false;
> > }
> > });
>
> > Now the issue I'm facing is that if the user is typing in a textarea
> > control, she can't type the Enter key anymore to do a new line !
> > Does anyone know how i can get around that ?
>
> > Thanks
