In order to disable the ENTER key in your textbox type input, you have to add the 'onkeydown' attribute and call a javascript function that checks the key and avoid to submit the form when you press ENTER key. Input example <input name="myName" type="text" value="Search" onclick="eraseInitialText(this);" onkeydown="disableEnter();"> Javascript function function disableEnter() { var key = …