keyux/README.md

Improve keyboard UI of web apps

# KeyUX

JS library to improve the keyboard UI of web apps. It is designed not only
for **a11y**, but also to create **professions tools** where users prefer
to use the keyboard.

* Add **hotkeys** with `aria-keyshortcuts`.
* Show a button’s `:active` state when a hotkey is pressed.
* Enable **navigation with keyboard arrows** in `role="menu"` lists.
* Jump to the next section according to `aria-controls` and back
  with <kbd>Esc</kbd>.
* Show and hide submenus of `role="menu"`.
* Allow users to **override hotkeys**.
* **2 KB** (minified and brotlied). No dependencies.
* Vanilla JS and works with any framework including React, Vue, Svelte.

```jsx
export const Button = ({ hotkey, children }) => {
  return <button aria-keyshortcuts={hotkey}>
    {children}
    {likelyWithKeyboard(window) && <kbd>{getHotKeyHint(window, hotkey)}</kbd>}
  </button>
}
```

See [demo page](https://ai.github.io/keyux/)
and [example](./test/demo/index.tsx):

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bcd78271-cf76-45a3-8beb-4f3cea69c143

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- [Install](#install)
- [Hotkeys](#hotkeys)
  - [Hotkeys Hint](#hotkeys-hint)
  - [Pressed State](#pressed-state)
  - [Hotkeys Override](#hotkeys-override)
  - [Hotkeys for List](#hotkeys-for-list)
  - [Meta instead of Ctrl on Mac](#meta-instead-of-ctrl-on-mac)
- [Focus Groups](#focus-groups)
  - [`focusgroup` attribute](#focusgroup-attribute)
  - [Menu](#menu)
  - [Listbox](#listbox)
  - [Tablist](#tablist)
  - [Toolbar](#toolbar)
- [Focus Jumps](#focus-jumps)
  - [Nested Menu](#nested-menu)

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## Docs
Read full docs **[here](https://github.com/ai/keyux#readme)**.