I have several html input controls on a page and a search button. When user is outside the input controls, ( ie focus is not inside the input control) and if user clicks enter, i want to trigger click event of search button. The search button is not a Submit button and it is not inside a form

<input type="text" id="input1" /> <input type="checkbox" id="input2" /> <input type="text" class="autocomplete" id="input3" /> <button type="button" id="btnSearch">Search</button> 

currently I am doing this

$(document).keypress(function (event) { if (event.keyCode === 13) { $("#btnSearch").click(); } }) 

However, the above code triggers click event every time user clicks enter.

Some of the input controls I have are custom autocomplete controls. Auto complete control shows multiple options as soon user starts typing something. Then user can select the option by using mouse or by pressing enter.

I don't want to trigger the click event of a search button when user press enter to select an option.