I want to listen to 'Backspace' key down events bu...
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I want to listen to 'Backspace' key down events but only when it is not used to delete characters in a Text Field. I expected that 'somehow' the text field would consume such events and not let anyone else handle it, but it doesnt seem to be the same. I am working on JVM + JS. Not sure if that changes anything Any ideas how to block events from bubbling up? Code in 🧵
This is an oversimplified example. In reality The box is at the App() while the basic text field is nested inside multiple composables
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Box(
        modifier = Modifier.onKeyEvent {
            error("This should never trigger while typing on the Text Field")
            false
        }
    ) {
        BasicTextField(
            modifier = modifier,
            value = value,
            singleLine = singleLine,
            onValueChange = onValueChange,
        )
    }
Ok figured it out. I can consume the events using the
onKeyEvent{}
on the Text field.
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BasicTextField(
    value = text,
    onValueChange = {
        text = it
    },
    modifier = Modifier.onKeyEvent {
        true
    }
)