React CheckBox - Keyboard Support

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

Key Action
Space Changes the UI component value.

Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.

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