How can I handle key events in meteor?

Question

According to the docs, I should be able to handle key events like keypress in the same way I can handle the click event, but I feel like I'm missing something.

I've done the following:

> meteor create keypressTest
> cd keypressTest
> sed -e 's/click input/keypress body/' -i .bak keypressTest.js
> meteor

But when I press keys, nothing shows up in the console like it does when handling the click event.

Are there any examples of working key handling in meteor? I know I can do a workaround in jquery, but would prefer to stick to the clean template events if I can.

Answer 1

Please note that keypress is deprecated and you might want to use textinput instead.

I do however note that keydown and keyup are not deprecated, so using one of those might work more reliable than using keypress. Note that the documentation specifies the order:

1. keydown
2. keypress
3. keyup

If you want to act upon the press you could use keydown; if you want to act upon the lift, use keyup. I would prefer the latter given that it still allows you to cancel the keypress by switching to another application before lifting it...