Call a function on enter key press

March 25, 2023 by Tarik

No need for a custom binding, just use knockout’s keypress event(Knockout docs):

<input type="text"
       data-bind="textInput : keyword, 
                  event: {keypress: onEnter}" >
</input>

And your function:

that.onEnter = function(d,e){
    e.keyCode === 13 && that.search();  
    return true;
};

JSFiddle example

EDIT: New binding from knockout(3.2.0) : textInput – obviates the need to have a valueUpdate binding.