Angular Lookup - Keyboard Support
An end user can use the following keys to interact with the UI component.
Key | Action |
---|---|
Alt + ↓ | Opens the drop-down menu. |
Enter or Space | If the drop-down menu is closed, opens it; otherwise selects the current item. |
Esc | Closes the drop-down menu. |
↑ / ↓ | If the drop-down menu is opened, moves focus to the previous/next item. |
Tab / Shift + Tab | If the drop-down menu is opened, moves focus to the list / search field. |
Page Up / Page Down | Moves focus to the first/last menu item on the page. |
Home / End | Moves focus to the first/last menu item. |
You can implement a custom handler for a key using the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method.
jQuery
JavaScript
function registerKeyHandlers () { const lookup = $("#lookupContainer").dxLookup("instance"); lookup.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); lookup.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) { // ... }); }
Angular
TypeScript
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core'; import { DxLookupModule, DxLookupComponent } from 'devextreme-angular'; // ... export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit { @ViewChild(DxLookupComponent, { static: false }) lookup: DxLookupComponent; // Prior to Angular 8 // @ViewChild(DxLookupComponent) lookup: DxLookupComponent; ngAfterViewInit () { this.lookup.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.lookup.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } @NgModule({ imports: [ // ... DxLookupModule ], // ... })
Vue
<template> <DxLookup :ref="myLookupRef" /> </template> <script> import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import DxLookup from 'devextreme-vue/lookup'; const myLookupRef = 'my-lookup'; export default { components: { DxLookup }, data() { return { myLookupRef } }, computed: { lookup: function() { return this.$refs[myLookupRef].instance; } }, mounted: function() { this.lookup.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.lookup.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } </script>
React
App.js
import React from 'react'; import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import { Lookup } from 'devextreme-react/lookup'; class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.lookupRef = React.createRef(); } render() { return ( <Lookup ref={this.lookupRef} /> ); } get lookup() { return this.lookupRef.current.instance; } componentDidMount() { this.lookup.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.lookup.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) { // ... }); } } export default App;
See Also
- Call Methods: Angular | Vue | React | jQuery | AngularJS | Knockout
- Lookup Demos
- Lookup API Reference
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