Angularjs ng keypress directive
The ng-keypress
directive in AngularJS is used to bind a function to the keypress
event of an HTML element. This event is fired whenever a keyboard key is pressed while the element has focus.
Here is an example of using ng-keypress
with an input element:
<input type="text" ng-model="text" ng-keypress="onKeyPress($event)">
In this example, the ng-keypress
directive is bound to a function called onKeyPress
, which takes the $event
object as an argument. The $event
object contains information about the keypress event, such as the key code and the target element.
Here is an example of the onKeyPress
function:
$scope.onKeyPress = function(event) { if (event.keyCode === 13) { // Enter key alert('You pressed Enter!'); } };
In this example, the onKeyPress
function checks if the key code of the keypress
event is equal to 13, which corresponds to the Enter key. If the Enter key was pressed, the function displays an alert message.
You can also use the $event.target
property to access the target element of the keypress
event. Here is an example:
<input type="text" ng-model="text" ng-keypress="onKeyPress($event.target)">
In this example, the onKeyPress
function takes the target element as an argument, which can be used to manipulate the element or its attributes. For example, you could change the background color of the input field when the Enter key is pressed:
$scope.onKeyPress = function(target) { if (event.keyCode === 13) { // Enter key target.style.backgroundColor = 'yellow'; } };
In this example, the onKeyPress
function sets the backgroundColor
style property of the target element to yellow, giving it a yellow background color when the Enter key is pressed.