React TabPanel - Keyboard Support

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

Key Action
Switches the UI component to the previous view.
Switches the UI component 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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