expose `doUpdate` to API

[dailyraisin]

In cases where one wants to prevent default key events (e.g. stopping, preventDefault), it would be necessary to call doUpdate('intent') manually from the outside as whatInput listeners will not be reached.

[ten1seven]

Interesting! That sounds pretty simple to implement. Do you have a scenario that I could create locally to test against when I add this?

[sophieH29]

Hi, @dailyraisin @ten1seven I am interested in the same feature.
I use React and here is my scenario:

• onKeyDown handler is called on a component A
• inside this handler, there is a quite big logic, which at the end finds a particular child component B and focuses it
• onFocus handler of component B is called where it is checked if the whatInput.ask() === 'keyboard', we will get here false
• and only afterward the window.addEventListener('keydown') from what-input lib is called and update a state to keyboard but it's too late for me.

It would be very useful to have access to function like setInput, so I can call on initial onKeyDown handler of component B and update the state accordingly.

@ten1seven let me know what you think

[ten1seven]

Hi @sophieH29, I'm digging into this request. Are you push a specific input to what-input and trigger a doUpdate? Something like this?

whatInput.setInput('keyboard');

[sophieH29]

Hi @ten1seven, I would rather say just to make current function setInput public, so I will be able to call it onKeyDown event and update state, like

onKeyDown = (ev) => {
...
whatInput.setInput(ev)
...
}

[sophieH29]

@ten1seven do you plan to make this update to the library?