angularjs move focus to next control on enter - angularjs

Question

What is the best way, when hitting enter inside a form, the focus to go to the next input instead submitting the form with angularjs.
I have a form with a lot of fields and customers are used to hit enter to move to the next input (comming from desktop applications). The angularjs saves the form when the user hits enter. I like to change this. Is it possible ?

Answer 1

I suggest making a custom directive. Something like this. I haven't tested this.
.directive('focus', function() {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function($scope,elem,attrs) {
elem.bind('keydown', function(e) {
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
e.preventDefault();
elem.next().focus();
}
});
}
}
});
Something like that should work. You might have to tweek something. Good luck.

Answer 2

Create a custom directive:
.directive('nextOnEnter', function () {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function ($scope, selem, attrs) {
selem.bind('keydown', function (e) {
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
e.preventDefault();
var pageElems = document.querySelectorAll('input, select, textarea'),
elem = e.srcElement || e.target,
focusNext = false,
len = pageElems.length;
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
var pe = pageElems[i];
if (focusNext) {
if (pe.style.display !== 'none') {
angular.element(pe).focus();
break;
}
} else if (pe === elem) {
focusNext = true;
}
}
}
});
}
}
})

Answer 3

This is the directive I ended up with (thanks to Zack Argyle):
angular.module('myApp').directive("nextFocus", nextFocus);
/** Usage:
<input next-focus id="field1">
<input next-focus id="field2">
<input id="field3">
Upon pressing ENTER key the directive will switch focus to
the next field id e.g field2
The last field should not have next-focus directive to avoid
focusing on non-existing element.
Works for Web, iOS (Go button) & Android (Next button) browsers,
**/
function nextFocus() {
var directive = {
restrict: 'A',
link: function(scope, elem, attrs) {
elem.bind('keydown', function(e) {
var partsId = attrs.id.match(/field(\d{1})/);
var currentId = parseInt(partsId[1]);
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
e.preventDefault();
document.querySelector('#field' + (currentId + 1)).focus();
}
});
}
};
return directive;
}

Answer 4

I tried this solution out. As advertised, it needed some tweaking. Here is what ended up working for me:
.directive("focus", function () {
return {
restrict: "A",
link: function ($scope, elem, attrs) {
var focusables = $(":focusable");
elem.bind("keydown", function (e) {
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
var current = focusables.index(this);
var next = focusables.eq(current + 1).length ? focusables.eq(current + 1) : focusables.eq(0);
next.focus();
e.preventDefault();
}
});
}
}
Note that the in order to get the :focusable pseudo to work, you will need to reference JQueryUI. (the latest version 1.11.4 worked for me)

Answer 5

This is the directive I ended up with (thanks to Zack Argyle and Oleg):
app.directive("nextFocus", function () {
/** Usage:
<input next-focus tabindex="0" id="field1">
<input next-focus tabindex="1" id="field2">
<input id="field3">
Upon pressing ENTER key the directive will switch focus to
the next field id e.g field2
The last field should not have next-focus directive to avoid
focusing on non-existing element.
Works for Web, iOS (Go button) & Android (Next button) browsers,
**/
var directive = {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, elem, attrs) {
elem.bind('keydown', function (e) {
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
try {
if (attrs.tabindex != undefined) {
var currentTabIndex = attrs.tabindex;
var nextTabIndex = parseInt(attrs.tabindex) + 1;
$("[tabindex=" + nextTabIndex + "]").focus();
}
} catch (e) {
}
}
});
}
};
return directive;
});

Answer 6

Based on the answer by wolcy97 but using only angular
/** Usage:
<input next-focus tabindex="0">
<input next-focus tabindex="1">
<input tabindex="2">
Upon pressing ENTER key the directive will switch focus to
the next tabindex.
The last field should not have next-focus directive to avoid
focusing on non-existing element.
Works for Web, iOS (Go button) & Android (Next button) browsers,
**/
app.directive('nextFocus', [function() {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function(scope, elem, attrs) {
elem.bind('keydown', function(e) {
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
e.preventDefault();
try {
if (attrs.tabindex !== undefined) {
var currentTabeIndex = attrs.tabindex;
var nextTabIndex = parseInt(currentTabeIndex) + 1;
var elems = document.querySelectorAll("[tabindex]");
for (var i = 0, len = elems.length; i < len; i++) {
var el = angular.element(elems[i]);
var idx = parseInt(el.attr('tabindex'));
if (idx === nextTabIndex) {
elems[i].focus();
break;
}
}
}
} catch (e) {
console.log('Focus error: ' + e);
}
}
});
}
};
}]);

Answer 7

Pure JavaScript Enter as TAB
angular.module('app').directive('tabNext', function () {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, elem) {
elem.bind('keyup', function (e) {
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
e.preventDefault();
var eIDX = -1;
for (var i = 0; i < this.form.elements.length; i++) {
if (elem.eq(this.form.elements[i])) {
eIDX = i;
break;
}
}
if (eIDX === -1) {
return;
}
var j = eIDX + 1;
var theform = this.form;
while (j !== eIDX) {
if (j >= theform.elements.length){
j = 0;
}
if ((theform.elements[j].type !== "hidden") && (theform.elements[j].type !== "file")
&& (theform.elements[j].name !== theform.elements[eIDX].name)
&& (! theform.elements[j].disabled)
&& (theform.elements[j].tabIndex >= 0)) {
if (theform.elements[j].type === "select-one") {
theform.elements[j].focus();
} else if (theform.elements[j].type === "button") {
theform.elements[j].focus();
} else {
theform.elements[j].focus();
theform.elements[j].select();
}
return;
break;
}
j++;
}
}
});
}
}});

Answer 8

<table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-hover">
<tr>
<th>S No</th>
<th>Stock Id</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Qty</th>
<th>UOM</th>
<th>Rate</th>
<th>Amount</th>
<th>Add</th>
<th>Delete</th>
</tr>
<tr ng-repeat="item in stockitems">
<td>{{$index + 1}}</td>
<td>
<input type="text" style="width:70px" id="stkid{{$index}}" class="form-control" name="stockid" required insert="Addnewrow();" ng-keyup="moveFocus('desc','amount','stkid','stkid',$index,$event)" ng-blur="getStockitem($index);" typeahead="a.stockitem_code as (a.stockitem_code +' | ' + a.stockitem_name +' | '+ a.rate) for a in stock | filter:$viewValue | limitTo:8" data-ng-model="item.stockid" rows="3" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="desc{{$index}}" name="description" ng-keyup="moveFocus('quantity','stkid','desc','desc',$index,$event)" data-ng-model="item.description" rows="3" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" style="width:70px" id="quantity{{$index}}" class="form-control" ng-keyup="moveFocus('uom','desc','quantity','quantity',$index,$event)" ng-change="GetAmount($index,'qty');" ng-pattern="/^\d+$/" required name="qty" data-ng-model="item.qty" rows="3" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" style="width:70px" id="uom{{$index}}" class="form-control" name="uom" ng-keyup="moveFocus('rate','quantity','uom','uom',$index,$event)" data-ng-model="item.uom" required rows="3" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" style="width:70px" id="rate{{$index}}" class="form-control" name="rate" ng-keyup="moveFocus('amount','uom','rate','rate',$index,$event)" required data-ng-model="item.rate" ng-pattern="/^\d{0,9}(\.\d{1,9})?$/" ng-change="GetAmount($index,'rate');" rows="3" />
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" style="width:70px" id="amount{{$index}}" class="form-control" ng-keyup="moveFocus('stkid','rate','amount','amount',$index,$event)" name="amount" required data-ng-model="item.amount" rows="3" />
</td>
<td><span ng-click="AddEstimation($index);"><a>Add</a></span></td>
<td><span ng-click="DeleterowEstimation($index);"><a>Delete</a></span></td>
</tr>
</table>

Answer 9

$scope.moveFocus = function (nextId,prevId,downId,upId,index,event) {
debugger;
if (event.keyCode == 39) {
nextId = nextId + index;
$('#' + nextId).focus();
}
else if(event.keyCode == 37)
{
prevId = prevId + index;
$('#' + prevId).focus();
}
else if(event.keyCode == 38)
{
upId = upId + (index - 1);
$('#' + upId).focus();
}
else if(event.keyCode == 40)
{
downId = downId + (index + 1);
$('#' + downId).focus();
}
else if(event.keyCode==13)
{
if (nextId == "desc") {
nextId = "quantity" + index;
$('#' + nextId).focus();
}
else if(nextId == "uom")
{
nextId = "stkid" + (index + 1);
$('#' + nextId).focus();
}
}
};

Answer 10

On Enter press it moves to next element of DOM, but element requires id to set focus
starter.directive('focustonext', function () {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function ($scope, selem, attrs) {
selem.bind('keydown', function (e) {
var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
if (code === 13) {
e.preventDefault();
var pageElems = document.querySelectorAll('input, select, textarea'),
elem = e.srcElement || e.target,
focusNext = false,
len = pageElems.length;
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
var pe = pageElems[i];
if (focusNext) {
if (pe.style.display !== 'none') {
document.getElementById(pe.id).focus();
break;
}
} else if (pe === elem) {
focusNext = true;
}
}
}
});
}
}
});
Thanks all..