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

Modern approach, event.key == "Escape"

The old alternatives (.keyCode and .which) are Deprecated.

@HostListener('document:keydown', ['$event']) onKeydownHandler(event: KeyboardEvent) {
    if (event.key === "Escape") {
        // Do things
    }
}