# Triggering an action from the keyboard?
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/triggering-an-action-from-the-keyboard/82537
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Tags:** custom-css, actions
**Created:** [June 16, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/triggering-an-action-from-the-keyboard/82537 "2025-06-16T22:14:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@JohnnyBoy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JohnnyBoy)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/triggering-an-action-from-the-keyboard/82537/1 "2025-06-16T22:14:43Z")
Hoping someone knows how to trigger an action/workflow using a keyboard stroke, perhaps via CSS in a text box? In my case it would be when the Enter key or Tab key is clicked after entering text.
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/triggering-an-action-from-the-keyboard/82537/2 "2025-06-16T23:45:29Z")
I’d create a Custom AI component that does that. create a text entry that executes an action when the Enter key or Tab key is pressed. Then configure the action for the custom AI component to do what you want.
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/triggering-an-action-from-the-keyboard/82537/3 "2025-06-16T23:54:10Z")
> [@JohnnyBoy](#):
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> perhaps via CSS in a text box
CSS is used mostly for styling the appearance of elements. Listening for keys and deciding what “action” to run would require frontend JavaScript.