JavaScript/jQuery TagBox - Keyboard Support

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

Key Action
Alt + ↓ Opens the drop-down list.
Alt + ↑ Closes the drop-down list.
Esc Closes the drop-down list and removes focus from the UI component.
↑ / ↓ Moves focus to the previous/next item. Active only when the drop-down list is open.
Page Up / Page Down Moves focus to the first/last currently rendered item.
Enter or Space Selects the current item.
Backspace Unselects the last selected item.
← / → Focuses the previous/following tag.
Backspace / Delete Removes focused tag.

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

jQuery
JavaScript
function registerKeyHandlers () {
    const tagBox = $("#tagBoxContainer").dxTagBox("instance");
    tagBox.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
        // The argument "e" contains information on the event
    });
    tagBox.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
        // ...
    });
}
Angular
TypeScript
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxTagBoxModule, DxTagBoxComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
    @ViewChild(DxTagBoxComponent, { static: false }) tagBox: DxTagBoxComponent;
    // Prior to Angular 8
    // @ViewChild(DxTagBoxComponent) tagBox: DxTagBoxComponent;

    ngAfterViewInit () {
        this.tagBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.tagBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxTagBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})
Vue
<template>
    <DxTagBox :ref="myTagBoxRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxTagBox from 'devextreme-vue/tag-box';

const myTagBoxRef = 'my-tag-box';

export default {
    components: {
        DxTagBox
    },
    data() {
        return {
            myTagBoxRef
        }
    },
    computed: {
        tagBox: function() {
            return this.$refs[myTagBoxRef].instance;
        }
    },
    mounted: function() {
        this.tagBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.tagBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
</script>
React
App.js
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { TagBox } from 'devextreme-react/tag-box';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.tagBoxRef = React.createRef();
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <TagBox ref={this.tagBoxRef} />
        );
    }

    get tagBox() {
        return this.tagBoxRef.current.instance;
    }

    componentDidMount() {
        this.tagBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.tagBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}

export default App;
See Also
jQuery
Angular
Vue
React