useMagicKeys

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Shift

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Keys Pressed

Usage

import { useMagicKeys } from '@vueuse/core'

const { shift, space, a /* keys you want to monitor */ } = useMagicKeys()

watch(space, (v) => {
  if (v)
    console.log('space has been pressed')
})

watchEffect(() => {
  if (shift.value && a.value)
    console.log('Shift + A have been pressed')
})

Check out all the possible keycodes.

Combinations

You can magically use combinations (shortcuts/hotkeys) by connecting keys with + or _.

import { useMagicKeys } from '@vueuse/core'

const keys = useMagicKeys()
const shiftCtrlA = keys['Shift+Ctrl+A']

watch(shiftCtrlA, (v) => {
  if (v)
    console.log('Shift + Ctrl + A have been pressed')
})

import { useMagicKeys } from '@vueuse/core'

const { Ctrl_A_B, space, alt_s /* ... */ } = useMagicKeys()

watch(Ctrl_A_B, (v) => {
  if (v)
    console.log('Control+A+B have been pressed')
})

You can also use whenever function to make it shorter

import { useMagicKeys, whenever } from '@vueuse/core'

const keys = useMagicKeys()

whenever(keys.shift_space, () => {
  console.log('Shift+Space have been pressed')
})

Current Pressed keys

A special property current is provided to representing all the keys been pressed currently.

import { useMagicKeys } from '@vueuse/core'

const { current } = useMagicKeys()

console.log(current) // Set { 'control', 'a' }

whenever(
  () => current.has('a') && !current.has('b'),
  () => console.log('A is pressed but not B'),
)

Key Aliasing

import { useMagicKeys, whenever } from '@vueuse/core'

const { shift_cool } = useMagicKeys({
  aliasMap: {
    cool: 'space',
  },
})

whenever(shift_cool, () => console.log('Shift + Space have been pressed'))

By default, we have some preconfigured alias for common practices.

Conditionally Disable

You might have some <input /> elements in your apps, and you don't want to trigger the magic keys handling when users focused on those inputs. There is an example of using useActiveElement and logicAnd to do that.

import { useActiveElement, useMagicKeys, whenever } from '@vueuse/core'
import { logicAnd } from '@vueuse/math'

const activeElement = useActiveElement()
const notUsingInput = computed(() =>
  activeElement.value?.tagName !== 'INPUT'
  && activeElement.value?.tagName !== 'TEXTAREA',)

const { tab } = useMagicKeys()

whenever(logicAnd(tab, notUsingInput), () => {
  console.log('Tab has been pressed outside of inputs!')
})

Custom Event Handler

import { useMagicKeys, whenever } from '@vueuse/core'

const { ctrl_s } = useMagicKeys({
  passive: false,
  onEventFired(e) {
    if (e.ctrlKey && e.key === 's' && e.type === 'keydown')
      e.preventDefault()
  },
})

whenever(ctrl_s, () => console.log('Ctrl+S have been pressed'))

⚠️ This usage is NOT recommended, please use with caution.

Reactive Mode

By default, the values of useMagicKeys() are Ref<boolean>. If you want to use the object in the template, you can set it to reactive mode.

const keys = useMagicKeys({ reactive: true })

vue

<template>
  <div v-if="keys.shift">
    You are holding the Shift key!
  </div>
</template>

Type Declarations

Show Type Declarations

typescript

export interface UseMagicKeysOptions<Reactive extends boolean> {
  /**
   * Returns a reactive object instead of an object of refs
   *
   * @default false
   */
  reactive?: Reactive
  /**
   * Target for listening events
   *
   * @default window
   */
  target?: MaybeRefOrGetter<EventTarget>
  /**
   * Alias map for keys, all the keys should be lowercase
   * { target: keycode }
   *
   * @example { ctrl: "control" }
   * @default <predefined-map>
   */
  aliasMap?: Record<string, string>
  /**
   * Register passive listener
   *
   * @default true
   */
  passive?: boolean
  /**
   * Custom event handler for keydown/keyup event.
   * Useful when you want to apply custom logic.
   *
   * When using `e.preventDefault()`, you will need to pass `passive: false` to useMagicKeys().
   */
  onEventFired?: (e: KeyboardEvent) => void | boolean
}
export interface MagicKeysInternal {
  /**
   * A Set of currently pressed keys,
   * Stores raw keyCodes.
   *
   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/key
   */
  current: Set<string>
}
export type UseMagicKeysReturn<Reactive extends boolean> = Readonly<
  Omit<
    Reactive extends true
      ? Record<string, boolean>
      : Record<string, ComputedRef<boolean>>,
    keyof MagicKeysInternal
  > &
    MagicKeysInternal
>
/**
 * Reactive keys pressed state, with magical keys combination support.
 *
 * @see https://vueuse.org/useMagicKeys
 */
export declare function useMagicKeys(
  options?: UseMagicKeysOptions<false>,
): UseMagicKeysReturn<false>
export declare function useMagicKeys(
  options: UseMagicKeysOptions<true>,
): UseMagicKeysReturn<true>
export { DefaultMagicKeysAliasMap } from "./aliasMap"