add-keyup-events
Takes an element, usually an <input>
or <textarea>
and registers a keyup
handler on it that emits named events for special keys. It does enter
and esc
events by default.
You can override the events by passing an optional second argument that follows the format: {keyvalue: 'customEventName'}
.
installing
npm install add-keyup-events
using
var addKeyupEvents = require('add-keyup-events');
var input = document.create('input');
addKeyupEvents(input);
input.addEventListener('enter', doSomething, false);
You can also override the events to listen for whatever you want.
var input = document.create('input');
var customEvents = {
65: 'a',
12: 'enter'
};
addKeyupEvents(input, customEvents);
input.addEventListener('a', doSomething, false);
credits
If you like this, follow @HenrikJoreteg on twitter and check out my book: Human JavaScript.
license
MIT