vue-mouseless

A tiny vue directive to bind shortcut keys using mousetrap.

TL;DR;

Demo

Install

npm i vue-mouseless -S

Using locally in a vue component

Typescript:

<template>
    <input placeholder="Search..." v-mouseless.focus="'. f'" />
    <button v-mouseless="'. s'" @click.prevent="save">Save</button>
</template>
 
<script lang="ts">
import { Vue, Component } from "vue-property-decorator";
import { mouseless } from "vue-mouseless";
 
@Component({
  directives: { mouseless }
})
export default class Example extends Vue {
    public save() {
        alert("You either clicked Save or pressed '. s' key sequence");
    }
}
</script>

Javascript (es6):

import { mouseless } from "vue-mouseless";
 
Vue.component('example', {
  template: `
    <input placeholder="Search..." v-mouseless.focus="'. f'" />
    <button v-mouseless="'. s'" @click.prevent="save">Save</button>
  `,
  directives: { mouseless },
  methods: {
    save: () => {
      alert("You either clicked Save or pressed '. s' key sequence");
    }
  }
})

Alternatively you can globally import the directive:

Typescript:

import { Vue } from "vue-property-decorator";
import { mouseless } from "vue-mouseless";
 
Vue.directive('mouseless', mouseless);

Javascript (es6):

import { mouseless } from "vue-mouseless";
 
Vue.directive('mouseless', mouseless);

Focus

Allows to focus a html element when a combination or sequence of keys is matched

<input v-mouseless.focus="'. g'" placeholder="focus on me!" />

Click simulation

This is the default behavior of vue-mouseless. It performs a click on a html component when a combination or sequence of keys is matched. This allows for reuse of the @click functionality already defined in the component.

<button @click="save" v-mouseless="'. g'" />

Custom Action

In case you don't want to focus the element nor trigger its click event, you can provide an action delegate in the options.

<button v-mouseless="{ key: '. g', action: save }" />

Coming soon

• other triggers
• unit tests

Mousetrap support

All keys supported by Mousetrap are also supported by vue-mouseless. Note that because the directive handle all Mousetrap event, there is currently no way to custom handle events. This may be implemented in the future (PRs are welcome).