cycle-keyboard v1.0.0-rtm.4

cycle-keyboard

A keyboard driver for cycle.js. View Demo

Usage

Install the package using node package manager

$ npm install cycle-keyboard@1.0.0-rtm.4

Import the driver in your cycle app

import { makeKeyboardDriver } from 'cycle-keyboard'
...
const drivers = {
  ...
  keyboard: makeKeyboardDriver()
}

Subscribe to keyboard-related event streams on the driver

function main({ ..., keyboard }) {
  const keyUp$ = keyboard.ups().map(ev => ev.displayKey + ' was pressed');
}

The driver provides the following xstream streams:

• ups(key?: number|string), a stream of all keyup events emitted on the document, with an additional displayKey property, optionally filtered by a key code or a key name
• downs(key?: number|string), a stream of all keydown events emitted on the document, with an additional displayKey property, optionally filtered by a key code or a key name
• presses(key?: number|string), a stream of all keypress events emitted on the document, with additional displayKey and displayChar properties, optionally filtered by a key code or a key name
• shift$, a stream of booleans indicating if the shift key is held down, and
• capsLock$, a stream of booleans indicating if the caps lock is on