Angular 2 HostListener keypress detect escape key?

Question

I am using the following method to detect keypresses on a page. My plan is to detect when the Escape key is pressed and run a method if so. For the moment I am just attempti

Answer 1

It worked for me using the following code:

const ESCAPE_KEYCODE = 27;

@HostListener('document:keydown', ['$event']) onKeydownHandler(event: KeyboardEvent) {
    if (event.keyCode === ESCAPE_KEYCODE) {
        // ...
    }
}

or in shorter way:

@HostListener('document:keydown.escape', ['$event']) onKeydownHandler(evt: KeyboardEvent) {
    // ...
}