Try: Add component for handling keyboard events

components/index.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export { default as ExternalLink } from './external-link';
 export { default as FormToggle } from './form-toggle';
 export { default as FormTokenField } from './form-token-field';
 export { default as IconButton } from './icon-button';
+export { default as KeyboardShortcuts } from './keyboard-shortcuts';
 export { default as Notice } from './notice';
 export { default as NoticeList } from './notice/list';
 export { default as Panel } from './panel';

components/keyboard-shortcuts/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+Keyboard Shortcuts
+==================
+
+`<KeyboardShortcuts />` is a component which renders no children of its own, but instead handles keyboard sequences during the lifetime of the rendering element.
+
+It uses the [Mousetrap](https://craig.is/killing/mice) library to implement keyboard sequence bindings.
+
+## Example
+
+Render `<KeyboardShortcuts />` with a `shortcuts` prop object:
+
+```jsx
+class SelectAllDetection extends Component {
+	constructor() {
+		super( ...arguments );
+
+		this.setAllSelected = this.setAllSelected.bind( this );
+
+		this.state = { isAllSelected: false };
+	}
+
+	setAllSelected() {
+		this.setState( { isAllSelected: true } );
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		return (
+			<div>
+				<KeyboardShorcuts shortcuts={ {
+					'mod+a': this.setAllSelected,
+				} } />
+				Combination pressed? { isAllSelected ? 'Yes' : 'No' }
+			</div>
+		);
+	}
+}
+```
+
+__Note:__ The value of each shortcut should be a consistent function reference, not an anonymous function. Otherwise, the callback will not be correctly unbound when the component unmounts.
+
+__Note:__ The callback will not be invoked if the key combination occurs in an editable field.
+
+## Props
+
+The component accepts the following props:
+
+### shortcuts
+
+An object of shortcut bindings, where each key is a keyboard combination, the value of which is the callback to be invoked when the key combination is pressed.
+
+- Type: `Object`
+- Required: No
+
+## References
+
+- [Mousetrap documentation](https://craig.is/killing/mice)

components/keyboard-shortcuts/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import Mousetrap from 'mousetrap';
+import { forEach } from 'lodash';
+
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { Component } from 'element';
+
+class KeyboardShortcuts extends Component {
+	componentWillMount() {
+		this.toggleBindings( true );
+	}
+
+	componentWillUnmount() {
+		this.toggleBindings( false );
+	}
+
+	toggleBindings( isActive ) {
+		forEach( this.props.shortcuts, ( callback, key ) => {
+			Mousetrap[ isActive ? 'bind' : 'unbind' ]( key, callback );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		return null;
+	}
+}
+
+export default KeyboardShortcuts;

editor/modes/visual-editor/index.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { first, last } from 'lodash';
  */
 import { __ } from 'i18n';
 import { Component, findDOMNode } from 'element';
-import { CHAR_A } from 'utils/keycodes';
+import { KeyboardShortcuts } from 'components';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ import VisualEditorBlockList from './block-list';
 import PostTitle from '../../post-title';
 import { getBlockUids } from '../../selectors';
 import { clearSelectedBlock, multiSelect } from '../../actions';
-import { isEditableElement } from '../../utils/dom';
 
 class VisualEditor extends Component {
 	constructor() {
 		super( ...arguments );
 		this.bindContainer = this.bindContainer.bind( this );
 		this.bindBlocksContainer = this.bindBlocksContainer.bind( this );
 		this.onClick = this.onClick.bind( this );
-		this.onKeyDown = this.onKeyDown.bind( this );
+		this.selectAll = this.selectAll.bind( this );
 	}
 
 	componentDidMount() {
@@ -52,16 +51,10 @@ class VisualEditor extends Component {
 		}
 	}
 
-	onKeyDown( event ) {
+	selectAll( event ) {
 		const { uids } = this.props;
-		if (
-			! isEditableElement( document.activeElement ) &&
-			( event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey ) &&
-			event.keyCode === CHAR_A
-		) {
-			event.preventDefault();
-			this.props.multiSelect( first( uids ), last( uids ) );
-		}
+		event.preventDefault();
+		this.props.multiSelect( first( uids ), last( uids ) );
 	}
 
 	render() {
@@ -77,6 +70,9 @@ class VisualEditor extends Component {
 				onKeyDown={ this.onKeyDown }
 				ref={ this.bindContainer }
 			>
+				<KeyboardShortcuts shortcuts={ {
+					'mod+a': this.selectAll,
+				} } />
 				<PostTitle />
 				<VisualEditorBlockList ref={ this.bindBlocksContainer } />
 			</div>

package.json

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "moment": "^2.18.1",
     "moment-timezone": "^0.5.13",
+    "mousetrap": "^1.6.1",
     "prop-types": "^15.5.10",
     "react": "^15.5.4",
     "react-autosize-textarea": "^0.4.2",

utils/keycodes.js

@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ export const UP = 38;
 export const RIGHT = 39;
 export const DOWN = 40;
 export const DELETE = 46;
-export const CHAR_A = 'A'.charCodeAt( 0 );