What are the options for (keyup) in Angular2?

Question

The following works great when the enter key is released. What other options are available for the keyup in addition to keyup.enter?

<input #inputstring (keyup.enter)="doSomething(inputstring.value)"/>

Answer 1

These are the options currently documented in the tests: ctrl, shift, enter and escape. These are some valid examples of key bindings:

keydown.control.shift.enter
keydown.control.esc

You can track this here while no official docs exist, but they should be out soon.

Answer 2

I was searching for a way to bind to multiple key events - specifically, Shift+Enter - but couldn't find any good resources online. But after logging the keydown binding

<textarea (keydown)="onKeydownEvent($event)"></textarea>

I discovered that the keyboard event provided all of the information I needed to detect Shift+Enter. Turns out that $event returns a fairly detailed KeyboardEvent.

onKeydownEvent(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
   if (event.keyCode === 13 && event.shiftKey) {
       // On 'Shift+Enter' do this.......
   }
}

There also flags for the CtrlKey, AltKey, and MetaKey (i.e. Command key on Mac).

No need for the KeyEventsPlugin, JQuery, or a pure JS binding.

Answer 3

Have hit the same problem today.

These are poorly documented, an open issue exist.

Some for keyup, like space:

<input (keyup.space)="doSomething()">
<input (keyup.spacebar)="doSomething()">  

Some for keydown
(may work for keyup too):

<input (keydown.enter)="...">
<input (keydown.a)="...">
<input (keydown.esc)="...">
<input (keydown.alt)="...">
<input (keydown.shift.esc)="...">
<input (keydown.shift.arrowdown)="...">
<input (keydown.f4)="...">

All above are from below links:

https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/18870
https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/8273
https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/events/key_events.ts
https://alligator.io/angular/binding-keyup-keydown-events/