Tanstack Hotkeys

TanStack Hotkeys

Use this skill when work touches TanStack Hotkeys, especially React keyboard shortcuts, command palettes, shortcut settings UIs, scoped shortcuts, Vim-style sequences, or held-key state.

Workflow

1. Inspect the local shortcut stack before changing code:

• Package versions for @tanstack/react-hotkeys, @tanstack/hotkeys, devtools, React, framework adapter, and test utilities.
• Shortcut shape: one-off hotkeys, dynamic shortcut lists, element-scoped shortcuts, global defaults, sequences, user-recorded bindings, or shortcut palettes.
• Interaction constraints: focused inputs, modals, command palettes, native browser shortcuts, app modes, disabled state, and accessibility.

1. Refresh current docs and package evidence when behavior or versions matter. Start from [source-map.md](references/source-map.md).
2. For installation, package names, HotkeysProvider, useHotkey, useHotkeys, defaults, options, and scoped targets, use [setup-core.md](references/setup-core.md).
3. For useHotkeySequence, useHotkeySequences, useHotkeyRecorder, useHotkeySequenceRecorder, held-key hooks, and dynamic user shortcuts, use [sequences-recording-state.md](references/sequences-recording-state.md).
4. For display formatting, shortcut palettes, devtools, SSR notes, accessibility, and testing, use [display-production.md](references/display-production.md).

Implementation Judgment

• Prefer Mod for cross-platform app shortcuts; it maps to Command on macOS and Control on Windows/Linux.
• Treat the library as alpha. Verify current docs before relying on edge behavior, especially package names, adapters, recorder options, and sequence handling.
• Use useHotkey for fixed shortcuts and useHotkeys for dynamic or variable-length lists. Do not call hooks inside loops to register menu data.
• Scope hotkeys with target refs for panels, editors, and modals. Ensure the target can receive focus, usually with tabIndex.
• Leave preventDefault and stopPropagation intentional. They default to true, which is right for app shortcuts like Mod+S but wrong when native browser behavior should remain.
• Respect normal typing. Understand the smart ignoreInputs default before forcing single-key shortcuts to fire in text inputs.
• Use enabled for mode/state gating. Disabled hotkeys remain registered and visible in devtools; execution is suppressed.
• Add meta names and descriptions for shortcuts that appear in help screens, command palettes, or devtools.
• Use recorder hooks only for settings UIs where users customize shortcuts. Persist normalized Hotkey or HotkeySequence values, not display labels.

Verification

Prefer the repo's existing checks. For meaningful TanStack Hotkeys changes, include the relevant subset:

• Typecheck for hotkey strings, Hotkey/HotkeySequence values, target refs, and adapter imports.
• Unit or component tests for callback firing, enabled, ignoreInputs, preventDefault, stopPropagation, target focus, and cleanup on unmount.
• Browser smoke for cross-platform display labels, focused input behavior, modal scoping, command palette shortcuts, and sequence timeouts.
• Tests with fake timers for sequence timeout, recorder idle commit, and debounced UI around shortcut capture.
• Devtools inspection for duplicate registrations, disabled registrations, held keys, target scoping, and conflict behavior.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: DobroslavRadosavljevic
• Source: DobroslavRadosavljevic/skills
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://dobroslav.dev

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.