Handle Enter Key for search and login page

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This Article is where I found my answer:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6140640/handle-enter-key-for-search-and-login-page



The panel tag has a DefaultButton property. I simply give it the ID of the button you click to search. After that all the controls inside would fire the search button if you pressed 'ENTER'.



Before: <asp:Button ID="btnSearchFor" Text="Search for" runat="server" OnClick="btnSearchFor_Click" />  <asp:TextBox ID="txtSearchKeywords" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>  <asp:Label ID="lbInColumn" Text=" in column " runat="server"></asp:Label>  <asp:DropDownList ID="dlsearchColumns" runat="server"> </asp:DropDownList>  <asp:CheckBox ID="cbExactMatch" runat="server" Text="Exact Matches Only" Checked="false" Visible="False" /> <br /> <asp:Label ID="lbSearchErrors" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label>
After: <asp:Panel DefaultButton="btnSearchFor" ID="SearchPanel" runat="server"> <asp:Button ID="btnSearchFor" Text="Search for" runat="server" OnClick="btnSearchFor_Click" />  <asp:TextBox ID="txtSearchKeywords" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>  <asp:Label ID="lbInColumn" Text=" in column " runat="server"></asp:Label>  <asp:DropDownList ID="dlsearchColumns" runat="server"> </asp:DropDownList>  <asp:CheckBox ID="cbExactMatch" runat="server" Text="Exact Matches Only" Checked="false" Visible="False" /> <br /> <asp:Label ID="lbSearchErrors" runat="server" Text=""></asp:Label> </asp:Panel>