React Button - Keyboard Support

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

Key Action
Enter or Space Identical to a click.

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