@vaadin-component-factory/keyboard-shortcut-manager

A modern library for managing keyboard shortcuts in a Vaadin application (or any framework).

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

VCF Keyboard Shortcut Manager

npm version Published on Vaadin Directory

A modern library for managing keyboard shortcuts in a Vaadin application (or any framework).

  • Dispatch custom events from keyboard shortcuts.
  • Bind multiple keyboard commands to a single event listener.
  • Easily create simple keyboard shortcut help dialog/popup.
  • Compatible with web components and Shadow DOM.
  • Implemented in TypeScript.

This is a wrapper for the Tinykeys library.

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Install

npm i @vaadin-component-factory/vcf-keyboard-chortcut-manager

Usage

Create an array of KeyboardShortcut definitions:

const shortcuts: KeyboardShortcut = [
  {
    keyBinding: 'Control+Shift+?',
    handler: 'help-dialog',
    description: 'Opens the help dialog.'
  }
];

Then create a KeyboardShortcutManager instance and subscribe your shortcuts to activate them:

const ksm = new KeyboardShortcutManager({ shortcuts, helpDialog: true });

ksm.subscribe();

Keybinding Syntax

Refer to the following links for more information on the keybinding syntax:

License

Apache-2.0 License