#jQuery keySelection
jQuery keySelection is a lightweight jQuery plugin (3kb) for cycling through arbitrary element collections with arrow keys. Collection members are selectable by keyboard or mouse.
keySelection will always reflect the current dom state, so you can dynamically add elements to the dom and they will be added to the keySelection element collection if they have the required .selection-item class.
##demo & download
See here for a demo.
Download the production version (minified) or the development version.
##basic usage:
keySelection adds a ".selected" class to an element if it is selected with the enter key, the space key or by a mouse click. It adds a ".key-hover" class to an element if it is chosen with the arrow keys or if it is selected. You need to add your own css, to see the effects of keySelection.
<div class="container"> <p class="selection-item">I'm selectable!</p> <ul> <li class="selection-item">Me too!</li> <li>I'm not selectable</li> </ul> </div>$(".container").keySelection();##options (with default values):
$(".container").keySelection({ exclusiveKeyListener: true, //prevent event propagation for enter, space, up, down, right, left scrollToKeyHoverItem: true, scrollContainer: "html,body", scrollMargin: 10, //space above item, after scrolling scrollAnimationDuration:150, selectionItemSelector:".selection-item", keyActions:[ //use any and as many keys you want. available actions: "select", "up", "down" {keyCode:13, action:"select"}, //enter {keyCode:38, action:"up"}, //up {keyCode:40, action:"down"}, //down {keyCode:37, action:"up"}, //left {keyCode:39, action:"down"}, //right {keyCode:9, action:"down"}, //tab {keyCode:32, action:"select"} //space ] });##events keySelection triggers events if an element is selected or keyHovered:
$(".container").on("keySelection.keyHover", function(e){console.log(e.keyHoverElement);}); $(".container").on("keySelection.selection", function(e){console.log(e.selectedElement);});##api
$(".container").keySelection("stop"); //stop keySelection $(".container").keySelection("start"); //start it again $(".container").keySelection("up"); //set previous element to .key-hover $(".container").keySelection("down"); //set next element to .key-hover $(".container").keySelection("select"); //select .key-hover element $(".container").keySelection("destroy"); //destroy keySelection for this element##motivation & alternatives
I needed a lightweight arrow key plugin for arbitrary and dynamically changing element collections (not only lists). I didn't find one, so I made my own.
If you are looking for more advanced features, I recommend Selectonic.
##license
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2014 Christian Voigt
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