DevExtreme React - Keyboard Support

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

Key Action
Switches the widget to the previous view.
Switches the widget to the next view.

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

App.js
  • import React from 'react';
  • import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
  • import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
  •  
  • import { TabPanel } from 'devextreme-react/tab-panel';
  •  
  • class App extends React.Component {
  • constructor(props) {
  • super(props);
  •  
  • this.tabPanelRef = React.createRef();
  • }
  •  
  • render() {
  • return (
  • <TabPanel ref={this.tabPanelRef} />
  • );
  • }
  •  
  • get tabPanel() {
  • return this.tabPanelRef.current.instance;
  • }
  •  
  • componentDidMount() {
  • this.tabPanel.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
  • // The argument "e" contains information on the event
  • });
  • this.tabPanel.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
  • // ...
  • });
  • }
  • }
  •  
  • export default App;
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