DevExtreme Angular - Keyboard Support

An end user can use the following keys to interact with the widget.

Key Action
Moves focus to the previous tab.
Moves focus to the next tab.
Shift + Mouse Wheel Scrolls the tabs left/right if the scrollingEnabled option is true.

You can implement a custom handler for a key using the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method.

TypeScript
  • import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from "@angular/core";
  • import { DxTabsModule, DxTabsComponent } from "devextreme-angular";
  • // ...
  • export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
  • @ViewChild(DxTabsComponent, { static: false }) tabs: DxTabsComponent
  • // Prior to Angular 8
  • // @ViewChild(DxTabsComponent) tabs: DxTabsComponent
  • ngAfterViewInit () {
  • this.tabs.instance.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function (e) {
  • // The argument "e" contains information on the event
  • });
  • this.tabs.instance.registerKeyHandler("space", function (e) {
  • // ...
  • });
  • }
  • }
  • @NgModule({
  • imports: [
  • // ...
  • DxTabsModule
  • ],
  • // ...
  • })
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