From f45d7fb9ba06713d954c09b53f4602ccba180f42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tushar Daiya <tushardaiya@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:26:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add useKeyPress hook for keyboard event handling

---
 apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx |  7 ++++++-
 apps/web/lib/useKeyPress.ts  | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 apps/web/lib/useKeyPress.ts

diff --git a/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx b/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx
index 70439c7d..c1173eb6 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { createMemory, createSpace } from "../actions/doers";
 import ComboboxWithCreate from "@repo/ui/shadcn/combobox";
 import { StoredSpace } from "@/server/db/schema";
 import useMeasure from "react-use-measure";
+import { useKeyPress } from "@/lib/useKeyPress";
 
 function Menu() {
 	const [spaces, setSpaces] = useState<StoredSpace[]>([]);
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@ function Menu() {
 			setSpaces(spaces.data);
 		})();
 	}, []);
-
+	useKeyPress("a", () => {
+		if (!dialogOpen) {
+			setDialogOpen(true);
+		}
+	});
 	const menuItems = [
 		{
 			icon: HomeIconWeb,
diff --git a/apps/web/lib/useKeyPress.ts b/apps/web/lib/useKeyPress.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eee23acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/lib/useKeyPress.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+
+export const useKeyPress = (key: string, callback: () => void) => {
+	useEffect(() => {
+		const handler = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+			if (e.key === key && e.altKey) {
+				callback();
+			}
+		};
+		window.addEventListener("keydown", handler);
+		return () => {
+			window.removeEventListener("keydown", handler);
+		};
+	}, [key, callback]);
+};