Key	Action
← ↑ or PageUp	Moves focus to the previous tab.
→ ↓ or PageDown	Moves focus to the next tab.
Home	Moves focus to the first tab.
End	Moves focus to the last tab.
Enter or Space	Selects the tab. Available only if selectionMode is set to 'multiple'.
Shift + Mouse Wheel	Scrolls the tabs left/right if the scrollingEnabled property is true.

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

jQuery

JavaScript

function registerKeyHandlers () {
    const tabs = $("#tabsContainer").dxTabs("instance");
    tabs.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
        // The argument "e" contains information on the event
    });
    tabs.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
        // ...
    });
}

Angular

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
    ],
    // ...
})

Vue

<template>
    <DxTabs :ref="myTabsRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxTabs from 'devextreme-vue/tabs';

const myTabsRef = 'my-tabs';

export default {
    components: {
        DxTabs
    },
    data() {
        return {
            myTabsRef
        }
    },
    computed: {
        tabs: function() {
            return this.$refs[myTabsRef].instance;
        }
    },
    mounted: function() {
        this.tabs.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.tabs.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { Tabs } from 'devextreme-react/tabs';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.tabsRef = React.createRef();
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Tabs ref={this.tabsRef} />
        );
    }

    get tabs() {
        return this.tabsRef.current.instance;
    }

    componentDidMount() {
        this.tabs.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.tabs.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}

export default App;

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