Angular HtmlEditor - Keyboard Support
Users can use the following keys to interact with the UI component:
PC | Mac | Action |
---|---|---|
Ctrl + C | ⌘ + C | Copy |
Ctrl + V | ⌘ + V | Paste |
Ctrl + Z | ⌘ + Z | Undo |
Ctrl + Y | ⌘ + Y | Redo |
Ctrl + A | ⌘ + A | Select All |
Ctrl + B | ⌘ + B | Bold |
Ctrl + I | ⌘ + I | Italic |
Enter | Insert a line break (a new paragraph) | |
Shift + Enter | Insert a line break (in the same paragraph) | |
Tab | Nest current list item (when in a list) | |
Increase indentation (when at the start of a paragraph) | ||
Move the cursor to the next table cell | ||
Shift + Tab | Move the cursor to the previous table cell | |
Decrease indentation (when at the start of a paragraph) | ||
↑ → ↓ ← | Navigate through the table | |
Enter | Move the cursor outside the table (when in the last row) | |
Esc | Close active dialog | |
Enter | Apply active dialog data |
You can implement a custom handler for a key using the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method.
TypeScript
- import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
- import { DxHtmlEditorModule, DxHtmlEditorComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
- // ...
- export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
- @ViewChild(DxHtmlEditorComponent, { static: false }) htmlEditor: DxHtmlEditorComponent;
- // Prior to Angular 8
- // @ViewChild(DxHtmlEditorComponent) htmlEditor: DxHtmlEditorComponent;
- ngAfterViewInit () {
- this.htmlEditor.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
- // The argument "e" contains information on the event
- });
- this.htmlEditor.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
- // ...
- });
- }
- }
- @NgModule({
- imports: [
- // ...
- DxHtmlEditorModule
- ],
- // ...
- })
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