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Perform Grid actions by keyboard shortcut keys in Angular Grid component

21 Dec 2022 / 1 minute to read

Using keyboard shortcuts, Grid performs navigation and actions.

In addition, You can also perform grid actions with custom keyboard shortcuts. This operation has to be achieved outside of the grid with the help of keydown event.

The following example demonstrates on Adding a new row when Enter key is pressed in the grid.

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import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { cascadeData } from './datasource';
import { EditSettingsModel, ToolbarItems, GridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid  #grid [dataSource]='data' (load)="load()" [editSettings]='editSettings' [toolbar]='toolbar' height='273px'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' isPrimaryKey='true' width=100></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCountry' headerText='Ship Country' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public editSettings: EditSettingsModel;
    public toolbar: ToolbarItems[];
    @ViewChild('grid') Grid: GridComponent;
    load() {
        document.getElementsByClassName('e-grid')[0].addEventListener('keydown', this.keyDownHandler.bind(this));
    }

    keyDownHandler(e: any) {
        if (e.keyCode === 13) {
            this.Grid.addRecord();
        }
    }

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = cascadeData;
        this.editSettings = { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true };
        this.toolbar = ['Add', 'Edit', 'Delete', 'Update', 'Cancel'];
    }

}
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, EditService, ToolbarService, SortService, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { DatePickerAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { TimePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';
import { DropDownListModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';
import { TextBoxModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { MultiSelectModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';
import { AutoCompleteModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-dropdowns';

/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule,
        DatePickerAllModule,
        FormsModule,
        TimePickerModule,
        FormsModule,
        TextBoxModule,
        MultiSelectModule,
        AutoCompleteModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, SortService, PageService]
})
export class AppModule { }
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import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);