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onKeyStroke

Listen for keyboard keystrokes.

Usage

import { onKeyStroke } from '@vueuse/core';

onKeyStroke('ArrowDown', (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
});

See this table for all key codes.

Listen To Multiple Keys

import { onKeyStroke } from '@vueuse/core';

onKeyStroke(['s', 'S', 'ArrowDown'], (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
});

// listen to all keys by [true / skip the keyDefine]
onKeyStroke(true, (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
});
onKeyStroke((e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
});

Custom Event Target

import { onKeyStroke } from '@vueuse/core';
// ---cut---
onKeyStroke(
  'A',
  (e) => {
    console.log('Key A pressed on document');
  },
  { target: document },
);

Ignore Repeated Events

The callback will trigger only once when pressing A and hold down.

import { onKeyStroke } from '@vueuse/core';
// ---cut---
// use `autoRepeat` option
onKeyStroke(
  'A',
  (e) => {
    console.log('Key A pressed');
  },
  { dedupe: true },
);

Reference: KeyboardEvent.repeat

Directive Usage

<script setup lang="ts">
import { vOnKeyStroke } from '@vueuse/components';

function onUpdate(e: KeyboardEvent) {
  // impl...
}
</script>

<template>
  <input v-on-key-stroke:c,v="onUpdate" type="text" />
  <!-- with options -->
  <input v-on-key-stroke:c,v="[onUpdate, { eventName: 'keyup' }]" type="text" />
</template>

Custom Keyboard Event

import { onKeyStroke } from '@vueuse/core';
// ---cut---
onKeyStroke(
  'Shift',
  (e) => {
    console.log('Shift key up');
  },
  { eventName: 'keyup' },
);

Or

import { onKeyUp } from '@vueuse/core';
// ---cut---
onKeyUp('Shift', () => console.log('Shift key up'));

Shorthands

• onKeyDown - alias for onKeyStroke(key, handler, {eventName: 'keydown'})
• onKeyPressed - alias for onKeyStroke(key, handler, {eventName: 'keypress'})
• onKeyUp - alias for onKeyStroke(key, handler, {eventName: 'keyup'})

Type Declarations

export type KeyPredicate = (event: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
export type KeyFilter = true | string | string[] | KeyPredicate;
export type KeyStrokeEventName = 'keydown' | 'keypress' | 'keyup';
export interface OnKeyStrokeOptions {
  eventName?: KeyStrokeEventName;
  target?: MaybeRefOrGetter<EventTarget | null | undefined>;
  passive?: boolean;
  /**
   * Set to `true` to ignore repeated events when the key is being held down.
   *
   * @default false
   */
  dedupe?: MaybeRefOrGetter<boolean>;
}
/**
 * Listen for keyboard keystrokes.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/onKeyStroke
 */
export declare function onKeyStroke(
  key: KeyFilter,
  handler: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void,
  options?: OnKeyStrokeOptions,
): () => void;
export declare function onKeyStroke(
  handler: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void,
  options?: OnKeyStrokeOptions,
): () => void;
/**
 * Listen to the keydown event of the given key.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/onKeyStroke
 * @param key
 * @param handler
 * @param options
 */
export declare function onKeyDown(
  key: KeyFilter,
  handler: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void,
  options?: Omit<OnKeyStrokeOptions, 'eventName'>,
): () => void;
/**
 * Listen to the keypress event of the given key.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/onKeyStroke
 * @param key
 * @param handler
 * @param options
 */
export declare function onKeyPressed(
  key: KeyFilter,
  handler: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void,
  options?: Omit<OnKeyStrokeOptions, 'eventName'>,
): () => void;
/**
 * Listen to the keyup event of the given key.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/onKeyStroke
 * @param key
 * @param handler
 * @param options
 */
export declare function onKeyUp(
  key: KeyFilter,
  handler: (event: KeyboardEvent) => void,
  options?: Omit<OnKeyStrokeOptions, 'eventName'>,
): () => void;