ng-keydown

Description

The ng-keydown directive allows you to specify custom behavior when pressing keys, regardless of whether they produce a character value.

Parameters

ng-keydown

• Type: Expression

• Description: Expression to evaluate upon keydown event. KeyboardEvent object is available as $event.

• Example:

  <div ng-keydown="$ctrl.greet($event)"></div>
  

Demo

<section ng-app>
  <input
    type="text"
    ng-keydown="count = count + 1"
    ng-init="count = 0"
    placeholder="Click here, then press down a key."
  />
  Keydown {{ count }} times
</section>