hotkey-stack

Hotkey Stack

A zero dependency package to create a stack of listeners for a hotkey. This allows multiple registrations of the same hotkey. By default, only the last registered listener will be called when it's hotkey is pressed.

Setup

NPM

npm install hotkey-stack

Yarn

yarn add hotkey-stack

Usage

Basic

import hs from 'hotkey-stack'

const callback = () => {
  console.log('Callback Called')
}

hs.add('a', callback)

Output when A key is pressed

Callback Called

Multiple Listeners

import hs from 'hotkey-stack'

const oneCallback = () => {
  console.log('One Callback Called')
}

const twoCallback = () => {
  console.log('Two Callback Called')
}

hs.add('a', oneCallback)
hs.add('a', twoCallback)

Output when A key is pressed

Two Callback Called

Removing Listeners

import hs from 'hotkey-stack'

const oneCallback = () => {
  console.log('One Callback Called')
}

const twoCallback = () => {
  console.log('Two Callback Called')
}

hs.add('a', oneCallback)
hs.add('a', twoCallback)
hs.pull(twoCallback)

Output when A key is pressed

One Callback Called

Hotkey Config

Most API functions receive a HotkeyConfig which is either a string or HotkeyComboConfig. The HotkeyComboConfig has the following properties:

Property	Type	Required	Description
key	string	Yes	Key from KeyboardEvent to be listened to.
isMetaRequired	boolean	No	If true, meta key must be pressed. On Windows, this is the Windows Key (⊞). On Mac, this is the Command Key (⌘).
isShiftRequired	boolean	No	If true, the shift key must be pressed.
isCtrlRequired	boolean	No	If true, the ctrl key must be pressed.
isAltRequired	boolean	No	If true, the alt key must be pressed.

API

Method	Description	Parameters
add	Add a new listener into the stack for the provided hotkey. Hotkeys are case insensitive.	hotkey: string, listener: Listener, symbol?: Symbol
pull	Remove a listener from the stack. To prevent all listeners from all hotkeys being removed, provide a second parameter of the hotkey that should be removed.	listener: Listener, hotkey?: string
skip	Remove a listener from the stack but retain place stack. This requires the symbol to be provided during add. Failure to provide relational symbol will execute pull method. To prevent all listeners from all hotkeys being skipped, provide a second parameter of the hotkey that should be skipped.	listener: Listener, hotkey?: string
cut	Moves the listener to the top of the stack. To prevent all listeners from all hotkeys cutting, provide a second parameter of the hotkey that should cut.	listener: Listener, hotkey?: string
pause	Pauses listening to all hotkeys.
start	Starts listening to all hotkeys. This is automatic during instantiation and does not need to be called.

Advanced Usage

Disabling Listener

The listener stack Listeners can be temporaily

import hs from 'hotkey-stack'

const oneCallback = () => {
  console.log('One Callback Called')
}

const twoCallback = () => {
  console.log('Two Callback Called')
}

hs.add('a', oneCallback)
hs.add('a', twoCallback)
hs.skip('a', twoCallback)

Output when A key is pressed

One Callback Called

Disabling Listener and Adding Back

This example uses skip, and then add. This does not require the listener to be the same reference. The symbol passed to add will be used as the reference to retain the position.

import hs from 'hotkey-stack'

const oneSymbol = Symbol()

const oneCallback = () => {
  console.log('One Callback Called')
}

const twoCallback = () => {
  console.log('Two Callback Called')
}

hs.add('a', oneCallback, oneSymbol)
hs.add('a', twoCallback)
hs.skip('a', oneCallback)
hs.add('a', oneCallback, oneSymbol)

Output when A key is pressed

Two Callback Called

Prioritizing Listener

import hs from 'hotkey-stack'

const oneCallback = () => {
  console.log('One Callback Called')
}

const twoCallback = () => {
  console.log('Two Callback Called')
}

hs.add('a', oneCallback)
hs.add('a', twoCallback)
hs.cut('a', oneCallback)

Output when A key is pressed

One Callback Called