Hotshot.js

A teeny tiny keyboard shortcuts library

Usage

const hotshot = new Hotshot({
  //number of milliseconds we wait for user input before the callback is triggered
  //this is only done if there is also a shortcut with more chars available
  //e.g. if the user pressed gs and gsp is available then we wait
  //otherwise we trigger the callback right away
  waitForInputTime: 500, 
  seqs: [{
    keyCodes: [71, 83],
    callback: () => console.log('TRIGGER', 'G S')
  }, {
    keyCodes: [71, 83, 80],
    callback: () => console.log('TRIGGER', 'G S P')
  }, {
    keyCodes: [91, 13, 71, 83, 80],
    callback: () => console.log('TRIGGER', 'COMMAND ENTER G S P')
  }, {
    keyCodes: [38, 38, 40, 40, 37, 39, 37, 39, 66, 65],
    callback: () => console.log('TRIGGER', '↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A')
  }],
  combos: [{
    keyCodes: [91, 66],
    callback: () => console.log('TRIGGER', 'COMMAND+B')
  }]
});

hotshot.bindSeq([65, 66, 71], () => console.log('TRIGGER', 'A B G'));
hotshot.bindCombo([91, 65], () => console.log('TRIGGER', 'COMMAND+A'));

Development

1. Make sure you have the dev deps installed: npm i
2. Make your changes in src/ and run npm run build to build to build/
3. Run npm test and make sure all tests still pass
4. 

Run npm run watch to watch for changes in src/Hotshot.js. Run npm run serve-test to serve the manual test file on localhost:9000/demo.html

Quickly Finding Keycodes

The bindings object works with key codes instead of actual letters for performance reasons. Want to quickly find the key codes you need for your shortcut? Use this jsbin.

Why not use an existing library like Mousetrap?

Mousetrap:

• Does not currently support a combination of two and three letter sequences (details)
• Supports IE 6+ which we don't really need. We support IE 11+ at the moment.
• Spends extra time and code on string character to key code conversion. With Hotshot we went with just using key codes for performance gain.