Question

According to the docs, I should be able to handle key events like keypress in the same way I can handle the click event, but I feel like I’m missing something.

I’ve done the following:

> meteor create keypressTest
> cd keypressTest
> sed -e 's/click input/keypress body/' -i .bak keypressTest.js
> meteor

But when I press keys, nothing shows up in the console like it does when handling the click event.

Are there any examples of working key handling in meteor? I know I can do a workaround in jquery, but would prefer to stick to the clean template events if I can.

Answer 1

I was missing these two requirements for using key events in the eventmap:

1. The event target must be contained within the template (same as other events)
2. The event target must be an input element that can be typed in

The second point seems consistent with clicking, since a click * only fires when clicking on the button, not on the greeting text also contained within the template.