useKeyboard

Hook that helps to listen for keyboard events

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Last changed: 11 days ago

Installation

Library

CLI

Manual

import { useKeyboard } from '@siberiacancode/reactuse';

Usage

useKeyboard(ref, (event) => console.log('key down'));
// or
useKeyboard(ref, { onKeyDown: (event) => console.log('key down'), onKeyUp: (event) => console.log('key up') });
// or
const ref = useKeyboard((event) => console.log('key down'));
// or
const ref = useKeyboard({ onKeyDown: (event) => console.log('key down'), onKeyUp: (event) => console.log('key up') });

Demo

source

Api

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Note
target	HookTarget	-	The target to attach the event listeners to
callback	KeyboardEventHandler	-	The callback function to be invoked on key down

Returns

void

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Note
target	HookTarget	-	The target to attach the event listeners to
options?	UseKeyboardEventOptions	-	The keyboard event options

Returns

void

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Note
callback	KeyboardEventHandler	-	The callback function to be invoked on key down

Returns

{ ref: StateRef<Target> }

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Note
options?	UseKeyboardEventOptions	-	The keyboard event options

Returns

{ ref: StateRef<Target> }

Type declaration

import type { HookTarget } from '@/utils/helpers';

import type { StateRef } from '../useRefState/useRefState';

export type KeyboardEventHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => void;

export interface UseKeyboardEventOptions {
  /** The callback function to be invoked on key down */
  onKeyDown?: KeyboardEventHandler;
  /** The callback function to be invoked on key up */
  onKeyUp?: KeyboardEventHandler;
}

export interface UseKeyboard {
  (target: HookTarget, callback: KeyboardEventHandler): void;

  (target: HookTarget, options: UseKeyboardEventOptions): void;

  <Target extends HTMLElement>(
    callback: KeyboardEventHandler,
    target?: never
  ): { ref: StateRef<Target> };

  <Target extends HTMLElement>(
    options: UseKeyboardEventOptions,
    target?: never
  ): {
    ref: StateRef<Target>;
  };
}

Source

Source • Demo

Contributors

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