fix(list-key-manager): increase typeahead range to include more chara…

…cters (#6543)

src/cdk/a11y/list-key-manager.spec.ts

@@ -461,6 +461,26 @@ describe('Key managers', () => {
         expect(keyManager.activeItem).toBe(itemList.items[1]);
       }));
 
+      it('should handle non-letter characters', fakeAsync(() => {
+        itemList.items = [
+          new FakeFocusable('[]'),
+          new FakeFocusable('321'),
+          new FakeFocusable('`!?')
+        ];
+
+        keyManager.onKeydown(createKeyboardEvent('keydown', 192, undefined, '`')); // types "`"
+        tick(debounceInterval);
+        expect(keyManager.activeItem).toBe(itemList.items[2]);
+
+        keyManager.onKeydown(createKeyboardEvent('keydown', 51, undefined, '3')); // types "3"
+        tick(debounceInterval);
+        expect(keyManager.activeItem).toBe(itemList.items[1]);
+
+        keyManager.onKeydown(createKeyboardEvent('keydown', 219, undefined, '[')); // types "["
+        tick(debounceInterval);
+        expect(keyManager.activeItem).toBe(itemList.items[0]);
+      }));
+
     });
 
   });

src/cdk/a11y/list-key-manager.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {QueryList} from '@angular/core';
 import {Subject} from 'rxjs/Subject';
 import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
-import {UP_ARROW, DOWN_ARROW, TAB, A, Z} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
+import {UP_ARROW, DOWN_ARROW, TAB, A, Z, ZERO, NINE} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
 import {RxChain, debounceTime, filter, map, doOperator} from '@angular/cdk/rxjs';
 
 /**
@@ -107,17 +107,19 @@ export class ListKeyManager<T extends ListKeyManagerOption> {
       case UP_ARROW: this.setPreviousItemActive(); break;
       case TAB: this.tabOut.next(); return;
       default:
-        if (event.keyCode >= A && event.keyCode <= Z) {
-          // Attempt to use the `event.key` which also maps it to the user's keyboard language,
-          // otherwise fall back to `keyCode` and `fromCharCode` which always resolve to English.
-          this._letterKeyStream.next(event.key ?
-              event.key.toLocaleUpperCase() :
-              String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode));
+        const keyCode = event.keyCode;
+
+        // Attempt to use the `event.key` which also maps it to the user's keyboard language,
+        // otherwise fall back to resolving alphanumeric characters via the keyCode.
+        if (event.key && event.key.length === 1) {
+          this._letterKeyStream.next(event.key.toLocaleUpperCase());
+        } else if ((keyCode >= A && keyCode <= Z) || (keyCode >= ZERO && keyCode <= NINE)) {
+          this._letterKeyStream.next(String.fromCharCode(keyCode));
         }
 
-      // Note that we return here, in order to avoid preventing
-      // the default action of non-navigational keys.
-      return;
+        // Note that we return here, in order to avoid preventing
+        // the default action of non-navigational keys.
+        return;
     }
 
     this._pressedLetters = [];

src/cdk/keycodes/keycodes.ts

@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ export const BACKSPACE = 8;
 export const DELETE = 46;
 export const A = 65;
 export const Z = 90;
+export const ZERO = 48;
+export const NINE = 91;