JavaScript/jQuery Autocomplete - Keyboard Support

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

Key Action
↑ / ↓ Moves focus to the previous/following menu item.
Page Up / Page Down Moves focus to the first/last menu item.
Enter Selects focused menu item.
Esc Closes the drop-down menu.

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

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