useFormatForDisplay

function useFormatForDisplay(): {
  (hotkey, options): string[][];
  (hotkey, options): string[];
  (hotkey, options?): string;
  (hotkey, options): string | string[] | string[][];
};

Defined in: useFormatForDisplay.ts:31

Returns formatForDisplay with the platform from HotkeysProvider, or the detected platform without one. A platform passed to the returned function wins.

Call the hook once at the top of the component; the returned function can be called anywhere, such as in a loop or a condition. Server-rendered apps should set the provider's defaultOptions.platform from the request with detectPlatform(userAgent), so the server HTML matches the user's platform.

Returns#

(hotkey, options): string[][];

Formats a hotkey for display in a user interface.

On macOS, uses symbols (⇧⌘S) in Control, Option, Shift, Command order. Display ordering does not change the normalized hotkey used for registration. On Windows/Linux, uses text (Ctrl+Shift+S) with + separators. The separator can be customized with separatorToken. Physical codes use conventional display labels: [KeyS] becomes S and [Digit2] becomes 2. These labels do not infer the active keyboard layout or change matching. Supply a resolved layoutMap for layout-aware labels; keyLabels overrides both layout entries and fallback labels. Sequence steps are formatted individually and joined with sequenceSeparator (a space by default).

A key reported by a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key from KeyStateTracker, can be outside the key types: pass it as { key }.

Parameters#

hotkey#

readonly DisplayHotkeyChord[]

A logical or physical hotkey string, raw object, ParsedHotkeyChord, or sequence

options#

FormatDisplayOptions & object

Formatting options

Returns#

string[][]

Display text, or individual key labels when parts is true (one array per step for sequences)

Example#

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧ ⌘ S' (symbols separated by spaces on macOS)

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'windows' })
// Returns: 'Ctrl+Shift+S'

formatForDisplay('Escape')
// Returns: 'Esc' (on all platforms)

formatForDisplay('Shift', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧'

formatForDisplay({ key: heldKey })
// A key from a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key

formatForDisplay(['G', 'H'])
// Returns: 'G H'

(hotkey, options): string[];

Formats a hotkey for display in a user interface.

On macOS, uses symbols (⇧⌘S) in Control, Option, Shift, Command order. Display ordering does not change the normalized hotkey used for registration. On Windows/Linux, uses text (Ctrl+Shift+S) with + separators. The separator can be customized with separatorToken. Physical codes use conventional display labels: [KeyS] becomes S and [Digit2] becomes 2. These labels do not infer the active keyboard layout or change matching. Supply a resolved layoutMap for layout-aware labels; keyLabels overrides both layout entries and fallback labels. Sequence steps are formatted individually and joined with sequenceSeparator (a space by default).

A key reported by a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key from KeyStateTracker, can be outside the key types: pass it as { key }.

Parameters#

hotkey#

DisplayHotkeyChord

A logical or physical hotkey string, raw object, ParsedHotkeyChord, or sequence

options#

FormatDisplayOptions & object

Formatting options

Returns#

string[]

Display text, or individual key labels when parts is true (one array per step for sequences)

Example#

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧ ⌘ S' (symbols separated by spaces on macOS)

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'windows' })
// Returns: 'Ctrl+Shift+S'

formatForDisplay('Escape')
// Returns: 'Esc' (on all platforms)

formatForDisplay('Shift', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧'

formatForDisplay({ key: heldKey })
// A key from a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key

formatForDisplay(['G', 'H'])
// Returns: 'G H'

(hotkey, options?): string;

Formats a hotkey for display in a user interface.

On macOS, uses symbols (⇧⌘S) in Control, Option, Shift, Command order. Display ordering does not change the normalized hotkey used for registration. On Windows/Linux, uses text (Ctrl+Shift+S) with + separators. The separator can be customized with separatorToken. Physical codes use conventional display labels: [KeyS] becomes S and [Digit2] becomes 2. These labels do not infer the active keyboard layout or change matching. Supply a resolved layoutMap for layout-aware labels; keyLabels overrides both layout entries and fallback labels. Sequence steps are formatted individually and joined with sequenceSeparator (a space by default).

A key reported by a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key from KeyStateTracker, can be outside the key types: pass it as { key }.

Parameters#

hotkey#

DisplayHotkey

A logical or physical hotkey string, raw object, ParsedHotkeyChord, or sequence

options?#

FormatDisplayOptions & object

Formatting options

Returns#

string

Display text, or individual key labels when parts is true (one array per step for sequences)

Example#

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧ ⌘ S' (symbols separated by spaces on macOS)

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'windows' })
// Returns: 'Ctrl+Shift+S'

formatForDisplay('Escape')
// Returns: 'Esc' (on all platforms)

formatForDisplay('Shift', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧'

formatForDisplay({ key: heldKey })
// A key from a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key

formatForDisplay(['G', 'H'])
// Returns: 'G H'

(hotkey, options): string | string[] | string[][];

Formats a hotkey for display in a user interface.

On macOS, uses symbols (⇧⌘S) in Control, Option, Shift, Command order. Display ordering does not change the normalized hotkey used for registration. On Windows/Linux, uses text (Ctrl+Shift+S) with + separators. The separator can be customized with separatorToken. Physical codes use conventional display labels: [KeyS] becomes S and [Digit2] becomes 2. These labels do not infer the active keyboard layout or change matching. Supply a resolved layoutMap for layout-aware labels; keyLabels overrides both layout entries and fallback labels. Sequence steps are formatted individually and joined with sequenceSeparator (a space by default).

A key reported by a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key from KeyStateTracker, can be outside the key types: pass it as { key }.

Parameters#

hotkey#

DisplayHotkey

A logical or physical hotkey string, raw object, ParsedHotkeyChord, or sequence

options#

FormatDisplayOptions

Formatting options

Returns#

string | string[] | string[][]

Display text, or individual key labels when parts is true (one array per step for sequences)

Example#

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧ ⌘ S' (symbols separated by spaces on macOS)

formatForDisplay('Mod+Shift+S', { platform: 'windows' })
// Returns: 'Ctrl+Shift+S'

formatForDisplay('Escape')
// Returns: 'Esc' (on all platforms)

formatForDisplay('Shift', { platform: 'mac' })
// Returns: '⇧'

formatForDisplay({ key: heldKey })
// A key from a KeyboardEvent, such as a held key

formatForDisplay(['G', 'H'])
// Returns: 'G H'

Example#

function SaveButton() {
  const format = useFormatForDisplay()

  return (
    <button>
      Save <kbd>{format('Mod+S')}</kbd>
    </button>
  )
}