isNotInputEvent Utility

Introduction

This utility provides a function to determine if a keyboard event did not originate from an input or textarea element. This is useful for handling global keyboard shortcuts or events that should not trigger when the user is typing in a form field.

Function

isNotInputEvent

Returns true if the event target is not an <input> or <textarea> element.

function isNotInputEvent(event: KeyboardEvent): boolean

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
event	KeyboardEvent	The keyboard event to check

Returns

Type	Description
boolean	true if the event target is not an input or textarea, otherwise false

Example

import { isNotInputEvent } from '@sinequa/atomic';

document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
  if (isNotInputEvent(event)) {
    // Handle global shortcut
  }
});