https://github.com/mapbox/react-keybinding

declarative and robust keybindings for react
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declarative and robust keybindings for react

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mapbox/react-keybinding
• Owner: mapbox
• License: other
• Archived: true
• Created: 2015-02-20T19:57:11.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-05-15T20:26:02.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-17T04:43:32.469Z (2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 39.1 KB
• Stars: 93
• Watchers: 112
• Forks: 20
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# react-keybinding

[![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/mapbox/react-keybinding.png)](http://travis-ci.org/mapbox/react-keybinding)

Declarative, lightweight, and robust keybindings mixin for React.

* Straightforward `'⌘S'` string syntax for declaring bindings

* Automatically binds & unbinds keybindings when components mount and unmount

* Allows listing of all currently-active keybindings

* Run a function when a keybinding is hit or pass an action

  to the `keybinding` method of that component

* Doesn't fire keybindings accidentally triggered in inputs,

  select boxes, or textareas.

* Optionally coerce platform specific keybindings (i.e. `'⌘S'` on Mac to `'^S'` on Windows)

## Installation

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) and use in your React

projects with either [browserify](http://browserify.org/) or

[webpack](http://webpack.github.io/).

```sh

$ npm install react-keybinding

```

## Example

```js

var React = require('react'),

    Keybinding = require('../');

var HelloMessage = React.createClass({

  mixins: [Keybinding],

  keybindingsPlatformAgnostic: true,

  keybindings: {

    '⌘S': function(e) {

      console.log('save!');

      e.preventDefault();

    },

    '⌘C': 'COPY'

  },

  keybinding: function(event, action) {

    // event is the browser event, action is 'COPY'

    console.log(arguments);

  },

  render: function() {

    return React.createElement("div", null, "Hello");

  }

});

React.render(React.createElement(HelloMessage, {name: "John"}), document.body);

```

There's a runnable example in the `./examples` directory: to run it,

```sh

$ npm install

$ cd example

$ npm install

$ npm start

```

See [tmcw/ditty](https://github.com/tmcw/ditty) for an example of

react-keybinding in an application.

### API

This module exposes a single mixin called `Keybinding`.

Where you use this mixin on Components, it expects a property called

`keybindings` of the format:

```js

keybindings: {

  // keys are strings: they can contain meta and shift symbols,

  // numbers, strings, etc

  '⌘S': function(e) {

    // bindings can map to functions that they call directly

  },

  // or to constants that are passed to the component's

  // 'keybinding' method.

  '⌘C': 'COPY'

}

```

Platform agnostic keybindings will automatically listen for the `'Ctrl'`

equivalent of `'Cmd'` keybindings, and vice-versa. To automatically coerce

platform specific keybindings, provide a property called

`keybindingsPlatformAgnostic` of the format:

```js

keybindingsPlatformAgnostic: true,

keybindings: { ... }

```

The mixin provides a method for components called `.getAllKeybindings()`:

this yields an array of all `keybindings` properties on all active components.

## [Syntax](SYNTAX.md)

The full [range of codes and modifiers supported is listed in SYNTAX.md](SYNTAX.md).

## Tests

```sh

$ npm test

```