Angular HostListener does not work before focusing on page

Question

I have a component, where we have a button

There is a simple HostListener, which will display a notification on shortcut (ALT + Q)

  @HostListener('window:keydown.alt.q', ['$event'])
  displayNotification(event: KeyboardEvent) {
    event.preventDefault();

    this.messageService.add({
      severity: 'success',
      detail: 'Finished',
      life: 5
    });
   }

Everything starts working only if I perform a click on the component, before that the notification does not appear

What is the cause and the appropriate solution?

Thanks!

Answer 1

That is how it is, because without focusing on the application why should the shortcut trigger, you could trigger a focus after the view is initialized, hope it helps!

import { Component, HostListener } from '@angular/core';
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import 'zone.js';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  standalone: true,
  template: `
    <h1>Hello from {{ name }}!</h1>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://angular.dev/overview">
      Learn more about Angular
    </a>
  `,
})
export class App {
  name = 'Angular';

  @HostListener('window:keydown.alt.q', ['$event'])
  displayNotification(event: KeyboardEvent) {
    event.preventDefault();
    alert('shortcut!');
  }

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    window.focus();
  }
}

bootstrapApplication(App);

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