Hotwire Summer: Adding keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys to StimulusJS

A review of the ecosystem for adding hotkeys to your Stimulus controllers: stimulus-hotkeys, stimulus-use/useHotkeys, HotKey.js, and @github/hotkey

Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to level up your user experience and improve the accessibility of your web applications. Even if you aren’t ready for advanced hotkey schemes, small things like binding the `Escape` key to close a sliding menu can have a big impact.

Stimulus doesn’t come with built-in support for hotkeys. As part of a recent project at Arrows, I evaluated the ecosystem and wanted to share my thoughts.

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👉 Read it here: Adding keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys to StimulusJS

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- Matt