Javascript login form doesn't submit when user

Question

I'm working on a simple javascript login for a site, and have come up with this:

<form id="loginwindow">
<strong>Login to view!</strong>
<p><strong>User ID:</strong>
  <input type="text" name="text2">
</p>
<p><strong>Password:</strong>
<input type="password" name="text1"><br>
  <input type="button" value="Check In" name="Submit" onclick=javascript:validate(text2.value,"username",text1.value,"password") />
</p>

</form>
<script language = "javascript">

function validate(text1,text2,text3,text4)
{
 if (text1==text2 && text3==text4)
 load('album.html');
 else 
 {
  load('failure.html');
 }
}
function load(url)
{
 location.href=url;
}
</script>

...which works except for one thing: hitting enter to submit the form doesn't do anything. I have a feeling it's cause I've used "onclick" but I'm not sure what to use instead. Thoughts?

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Okay yeah so I'm well aware of how flimsy this is security-wise. It's not for anything particularly top secret, so it's not a huge issue, but if you guys could elaborate on your thoughts with code, I'd love to see your ideas. the code i listed is literally all I'm working with at this point, so I can start from scratch if need be.

Answer 1

Put the script directly in your html document. Change the onclick value with the function you want to use. The script in the html will tell the form to submit when the user hits enter or press the submit button.

 <form id="Form-v2" action="#">

<input type="text" name="search_field"  placeholder="Enter a movie" value="" 
id="search_field" title="Enter a movie here" class="blink search-field"  />
<input type="submit" onclick="" value="GO!" class="search-button" />        
 </form>

    <script>
    //submit the form
    $( "#Form-v2" ).submit(function( event ) {
      event.preventDefault();
    });
         </script>