`#key-nav

Make a list of items keyboard navigable, using arrow, enter, escape and search keys

Description

key-nav attaches to a DOM node and makes it keyboard-navigable. It adds state attributes to nodes so they can be styled at your discretion with CSS.

Lists ( such as ul - li) or tables can be navigated. If alphanumeric characters are pressed, the children are searched.

The children are a live NodeList, so any references will update if nodes are added or removed.

To Install

npm install @janiking/key-nav --save

key-nav has a dependency on janiking/on.

Support

key-nav uses ES5 (not ES6), so it is compatible with all browsers, IE11 and above.

This library uses UMD, so it should work in any framework.

Changes

As of version 2, key-nav is a11y.

• Instead of a .highlighted class, the node is focused, adding: tab-index=-1 and aria-current="true".
• Instead of, the attribute selected="true", it is now: aria-selected="true";

Usage

Including key-nav in your code will return a keys function.

var controller = keys(listNode, options);

key-nav will automatically determine if the listNode is a list or a table.

The controller can be paused or destroyed:

controller.pause();
controller.resume();
controller.remove();

It also has a few dynamic controls:

controller.setSelected(child);
var selectedChild = controller.getSelected();

The following attributes are added to children, depending upon their state:

• aria-current - The child has enter a mouseover state, or has been navigated to with an Arrow key.
• aria-selected - The child has been clicked upon, or ha been selected with the Enter key.

The following custom events are fired from the listNode:

• key-highlight - The child has enter a mouseover state, or has been navigated to with an Arrow key.
• key-select - The child has been clicked upon, or has been selected with the Enter key.

Options

The following options are available:

• canSelectNone - Allows no selection. Defaults to first child.
• defaultToFirst - First child is selected on init. Defaults to no selection at start
• multiple - Allows multiple select with Shift or Control/Command. Defaults to single select.
• searchTime - The time before an alphanumeric search is executed. Defaults to 1000ms.
• noRoles - This will prevent the default, which is to automatically add Aria roles to the list node and its children.

Events

The following (custom) events are emitted:

• key-select - Emits on selection.
• key-highlight - Emits on selection.
• key-dom-change - Emits on add or remove of a list item.

key-select

{
    detail:{
        value: HTMLElement
    }
}

If no selection, the value is null.

if multiple is true:

{
    detail:{
        value: [HTMLElement, HTMLElement]
    }
}

If no selection, the value is [].

key-highlight

{
    detail:{
        value: HTMLElement
    }
}

key-dom-change

The MutationEvent is passed:

{
    detail:{
        addedNodes: NodeList [],
        removedNodes: NodeList [li],
        attributeName: null,
        attributeNamespace: null,
        nextSibling: null,
        oldValue: null,
        previousSibling: li,
        target: ol#list,
        type: "childList"
    }
}

License

This uses the MIT license. Feel free to use, and redistribute at will.`