JohannesKlauss/react-hotkeys-hook

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A small, dependency-free React hook (useHotkeys) for declaratively binding keyboard shortcuts in components. It supports modifier combinations, key sequences, scopes, focus traps, and custom user-recorded hotkeys with first-class TypeScript types.

Use cases

• add keyboard shortcuts to a react component
• implement a ctrl+k command palette in react
• bind vim-style key sequences in a web app
• enable shortcuts only when a modal or editor is focused
• let users record their own custom hotkeys
• group and toggle hotkeys with scopes to avoid conflicts

When to choose

• you use React and want declarative, per-component keyboard shortcuts
• you need scopes, sequences, or focus-trapped hotkeys without heavy setup
• you want a tiny (~3KB) zero-dependency, well-typed library

When to avoid

• you're not using React (use a framework-agnostic hotkey library)
• you need global OS-level or Electron app shortcuts rather than in-browser keys
• you need a full shortcut-management UI or complex keymap serialization out of the box

Facets

library · maturity active

ui-components developer-tools frontend web-development developer-tools browser cross-platform react react-hooks keyboard-shortcuts hotkeys typescript keybindings nodejs

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