JavaScript/jQuery 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.

JavaScript
  • function registerKeyHandlers () {
  • const checkBox = $("#checkBoxContainer").dxCheckBox("instance");
  • checkBox.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
  • // The argument "e" contains information on the event
  • });
  • checkBox.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
  • // ...
  • });
  • }
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