React DateBox - Keyboard Support

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

Value Picker Key Action
All Alt + ↓ / Alt + ↑ Opens/closes the value picker.
Esc Closes the date/time picker.
Calendar ← → ↑ ↓ Moves focus to the day nearby.
Page Up or Ctrl + ← Displays the previous month.
Page Down or Ctrl + → Displays the next month.
Enter Selects the focused day.
Alt + ↑ / Alt + ↓ Opens/closes the drop-down editor.
Esc Closes the drop-down editor.
List ↑ / ↓ Moves focus to the previous/next time value.
Enter Selects the focused time value.
Page Up / Page Down Moves focus to the first/last value.

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

  • <template>
  • <DxDateBox :ref="myDateBoxRef" />
  • </template>
  • <script>
  • import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
  • import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
  •  
  • import DxDateBox from 'devextreme-vue/date-box';
  •  
  • const myDateBoxRef = 'my-date-box';
  •  
  • export default {
  • components: {
  • DxDateBox
  • },
  • data() {
  • return {
  • myDateBoxRef
  • }
  • },
  • computed: {
  • dateBox: function() {
  • return this.$refs[myDateBoxRef].instance;
  • }
  • },
  • mounted: function() {
  • this.dateBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
  • // The argument "e" contains information on the event
  • });
  • this.dateBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
  • // ...
  • });
  • }
  • }
  • </script>
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