jaywcjlove/hotkeys-js — a frontend project — sits at 7.1k GitHub stars in the Frontend space. ➷ A robust Javascript library for capturing keyboard input. It has no dependencies.
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HotKeys.js is an input capture library with some very special features, it is easy to pick up and use, has a reasonable footprint (~8kB) (gzipped: 3.8kB), and has no dependencies. It should not interfere with any JavaScript libraries or frameworks. Official document demo preview, compatibility test. More examples.
import hotkeys from 'hotkeys-js';
hotkeys('f5', function(event, handler){
// Prevent the default refresh event under WINDOWS system
event.preventDefault()
alert('you pressed F5!')
});
Browser Usage
Or manually download and link hotkeys.js in your HTML. The library provides different formats for different use cases:
react-hotkeys is the React component that listen to keydown and keyup keyboard events, defining and dispatching keyboard shortcuts. Detailed use method please see its documentation react-hotkeys.
react-hotkeys-hook - React hook for using keyboard shortcuts in components. Make sure that you have at least version 16.8 of react and react-dom installed, or otherwise hooks won't work for you.
Browser Support
Hotkeys.js has been tested and should work in.
Internet Explorer 6+
Safari
Firefox
Chrome
Supported Keys
HotKeys understands the following modifiers: ⇧, shift, option, ⌥, alt, ctrl, control, command, and ⌘.
The following special keys can be used for shortcuts: backspace, tab, clear, enter, return, esc, escape, space, up, down, left, right, home, end, pageup, pagedown, del, delete, f1 through f19, num_0 through num_9, num_multiply, num_add, num_enter, num_subtract, num_decimal, num_divide.
⌘ Command() ⌃ Control ⌥ Option(alt) ⇧ Shift ⇪ Caps Lock(Capital) fn Does not support fn ↩︎ return/Enter space
Defining Shortcuts
One global method is exposed, key which defines shortcuts when called directly.
hotkeys('*', function() {
if (hotkeys.shift) {
console.log('shift is pressed!');
}
if (hotkeys.ctrl) {
console.log('ctrl is pressed!');
}
if (hotkeys.alt) {
console.log('alt is pressed!');
}
if (hotkeys.option) {
console.log('option is pressed!');
}
if (hotkeys.control) {
console.log('control is pressed!');
}
if (hotkeys.cmd) {
console.log('cmd is pressed!');
}
if (hotkeys.command) {
console.log('command is pressed!');
}
});
setScope
Use the hotkeys.setScope method to set scope. There can only be one active scope besides 'all'. By default 'all' is always active.
// Define shortcuts with a scope
hotkeys('ctrl+o, ctrl+alt+enter', 'issues', function() {
console.log('do something');
});
hotkeys('o, enter', 'files', function() {
console.log('do something else');
});
// Set the scope (only 'all' and 'issues' shortcuts will be honored)
hotkeys.setScope('issues'); // default scope is 'all'
getScope
Use the hotkeys.getScope method to get scope.
hotkeys.getScope();
deleteScope
Use the hotkeys.deleteScope method to delete a scope. This will also remove all associated hotkeys with it.
hotkeys.deleteScope('issues');
You can use second argument, if need set new scope after deleting.
hotkeys.deleteScope('issues', 'newScopeName');
unbind
Similar to defining shortcuts, they can be unbound using hotkeys.unbind.
// unbind 'a' handler
hotkeys.unbind('a');
// Unbind a hotkeys only for a single scope
// If no scope is specified it defaults to the current
// scope (hotkeys.getScope())
hotkeys.unbind('o, enter', 'issues');
hotkeys.unbind('o, enter', 'files');
By default hotkeys are not enabled for INPUTSELECTTEXTAREA elements. Hotkeys.filter to return to the true shortcut keys set to play a role, false shortcut keys set up failure.
hotkeys.filter = function(event){
return true;
}
// How to add the filter to edit labels.
// <div contentEditable="true"></div>
// "contentEditable" Older browsers that do not support drops
hotkeys.filter = function(event) {
var target = event.target || event.srcElement;
var tagName = target.tagName;
return !(
target.isContentEditable ||
tagName == 'INPUT' ||
tagName == 'SELECT' ||
tagName == 'TEXTAREA'
);
}
hotkeys.filter = function(event){
var tagName = (event.target || event.srcElement).tagName;
hotkeys.setScope(
/^(INPUT|TEXTAREA|SELECT)$/.test(tagName) ? 'input' : 'other'
);
return true;
}
noConflict
Relinquish HotKeys’s control of the hotkeys variable.
var k = hotkeys.noConflict();
k('a', function() {
console.log("do something")
});
hotkeys()
// -->Uncaught TypeError: hotkeys is not a function(anonymous function)
// @ VM2170:2InjectedScript._evaluateOn
// @ VM2165:883InjectedScript._evaluateAndWrap
// @ VM2165:816InjectedScript.evaluate @ VM2165:682
Development
To develop, Install dependencies, Get the code:
$ git https://github.com/jaywcjlove/hotkeys.git
$ cd hotkeys # Into the directory
$ npm install # or yarn install
To develop, run the self-reloading build:
$ npm run watch
Run Document Website Environment.
# Generate documentation website
$ npm run doc
# Live-generate documentation website
$ npm run start
To contribute, please fork Hotkeys.js, add your patch and tests for it (in the test/ folder) and submit a pull request.
$ npm run test
$ npm run test:watch # Development model
Contributors
As always, thanks to our amazing contributors!
Made with action-contributors.
Special thanks to @dimensi for the refactoring of version 4.0.
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