diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/BaseKeyFilter.js b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/BaseKeyFilter.js
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+import BaseDirective from '@primevue/core/basedirective';
+import KeyFilterStyle from 'primevue/keyfilter/style';
+
+const BaseKeyFilter = BaseDirective.extend({
+    style: KeyFilterStyle
+});
+
+export default BaseKeyFilter;
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/KeyFilter.d.ts b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/KeyFilter.d.ts
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+/**
+ *
+ * KeyFilter is a built-in feature of InputText to restrict user input based on a regular expression.
+ *
+ * [Live Demo](https://primevue.org/keyfilter)
+ *
+ * @module keyfilter
+ *
+ */
+import type { DesignToken, PassThrough } from '@primevue/core';
+import type { DirectiveHooks } from '@primevue/core/basedirective';
+import type { PassThroughOptions } from 'primevue/passthrough';
+import { DirectiveBinding, ObjectDirective } from 'vue';
+
+export declare type KeyFilterDirectivePassThroughOptionType = KeyFilterDirectivePassThroughAttributes | null | undefined;
+
+/**
+ * Defines options of KeyFilter.
+ */
+export interface KeyFilterOptions {
+    /**
+     * Sets the pattern for key filtering.
+     * @defaultValue null
+     */
+    pattern?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * When enabled, instead of blocking keys, input is validated internally to test against the regular expression.
+     * @defaultValue false
+     */
+    validateOnly?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * It generates scoped CSS variables using design tokens for the component.
+     */
+    dt?: DesignToken<any>;
+    /**
+     * Used to pass attributes to DOM elements inside the component.
+     * @type {KeyFilterDirectivePassThroughOptions}
+     */
+    pt?: PassThrough<KeyFilterDirectivePassThroughOptions>;
+    /**
+     * Used to configure passthrough(pt) options of the component.
+     * @type {PassThroughOptions}
+     */
+    ptOptions?: PassThroughOptions;
+    /**
+     * When enabled, it removes component related styles in the core.
+     * @defaultValue false
+     */
+    unstyled?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough(pt) options.
+ * @see {@link KeyFilterOptions.pt}
+ */
+export interface KeyFilterDirectivePassThroughOptions {
+    /**
+     * Used to pass attributes to the root's DOM element.
+     */
+    root?: KeyFilterDirectivePassThroughOptionType;
+    /**
+     * Used to manage all lifecycle hooks.
+     * @see {@link BaseDirective.DirectiveHooks}
+     */
+    hooks?: DirectiveHooks;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough attributes for each DOM elements
+ */
+export interface KeyFilterDirectivePassThroughAttributes {
+    [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Defines modifiers of KeyFilter directive.
+ */
+export interface KeyFilterModifiers {
+    /**
+     * Positive integer pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    pint?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Integer pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    int?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Positive number pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    pnum?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Money pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    money?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Number pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    num?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Hexadecimal pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    hex?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Email pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    email?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Alphabetic pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    alpha?: RegExp | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Alphanumeric pattern for KeyFilter directive.
+     *  @defaultValue false
+     */
+    alphanum?: RegExp | undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Binding of KeyFilter directive.
+ */
+export interface KeyFilterDirectiveBinding extends Omit<DirectiveBinding, 'modifiers' | 'value'> {
+    /**
+     * Value of the KeyFilter.
+     */
+    value?: string | KeyFilterOptions | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Modifiers of the KeyFilter.
+     * @type {KeyFilterModifiers}
+     */
+    modifiers?: KeyFilterModifiers | undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * **PrimeVue - KeyFilter**
+ *
+ * _KeyFilter is a built-in feature of InputText to restrict user input based on a regular expression._
+ *
+ * [Live Demo](https://www.primevue.org/keyfilter/)
+ * --- ---
+ * ![PrimeVue](https://primefaces.org/cdn/primevue/images/logo-100.png)
+ *
+ */
+declare const KeyFilter: ObjectDirective;
+
+export default KeyFilter;
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/KeyFilter.js b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/KeyFilter.js
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+import { isAttributeEquals } from '@primeuix/utils/dom';
+import BaseKeyFilter from './BaseKeyFilter';
+
+const KeyFilter = BaseKeyFilter.extend('keyfilter', {
+    beforeMount(el, options) {
+        let target = this.getTarget(el);
+
+        if (!target) return;
+
+        target.$_pkeyfilterModifier = this.getModifiers(options);
+
+        if (typeof options.value) {
+            target.$_pkeyfilterPattern = options.value?.pattern || options.value;
+            target.$_pkeyfilterValidateOnly = options.value?.validateOnly || false;
+        }
+
+        this.bindEvents(target);
+
+        target.setAttribute('data-pd-keyfilter', true);
+    },
+    updated(el, options) {
+        let target = this.getTarget(el);
+
+        if (!target) return;
+
+        target.$_pkeyfilterModifier = this.getModifiers(options);
+        this.unbindEvents(el, options);
+
+        if (typeof options.value) {
+            target.$_pkeyfilterPattern = options.value?.pattern || options.value;
+            target.$_pkeyfilterValidateOnly = options.value?.validateOnly || false;
+        }
+
+        this.bindEvents(target);
+    },
+    unmounted(el, options) {
+        this.unbindEvents(el, options);
+    },
+    DEFAULT_PATTERNS: {
+        pint: /[\d]/,
+        int: /[\d\-]/,
+        pnum: /[\d\.]/,
+        money: /[\d\.\s,]/,
+        num: /[\d\-\.]/,
+        hex: /[0-9a-f]/i,
+        email: /[a-z0-9_\.\-@]/i,
+        alpha: /[a-z_]/i,
+        alphanum: /[a-z0-9_]/i
+    },
+    methods: {
+        getTarget(el) {
+            return isAttributeEquals(el, 'data-pc-name', 'inputtext') || isAttributeEquals(el, 'data-pc-name', 'textarea') ? el : null;
+        },
+        getModifiers(options) {
+            if (options.modifiers && Object.keys(options.modifiers).length) {
+                return Object.keys(options.modifiers)[Object.keys.length - 1];
+            }
+
+            return '';
+        },
+        getRegex(target) {
+            return target.$_pkeyfilterPattern ? target.$_pkeyfilterPattern : target.$_pkeyfilterModifier ? this.DEFAULT_PATTERNS[target.$_pkeyfilterModifier] : /./;
+        },
+        bindEvents(el) {
+            el.$_keyfilterKeydownEvent = (event) => this.onKeydown(event, el);
+            el.$_keyfilterPasteEvent = (event) => this.onPaste(event, el);
+
+            el.addEventListener('keypress', el.$_keyfilterKeydownEvent);
+            el.addEventListener('paste', el.$_keyfilterPasteEvent);
+        },
+        unbindEvents(el) {
+            el.removeEventListener('keypress', el.$_keyfilterKeydownEvent);
+            el.removeEventListener('paste', el.$_keyfilterPasteEvent);
+
+            el.$_keyfilterKeydownEvent = null;
+            el.$_keyfilterPasteEvent = null;
+        },
+        onKeydown(event, target) {
+            if (event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey || event.key === 'Tab') {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            let regex = this.getRegex(target);
+
+            if (regex === '') {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            let testKey = `${event.key}`;
+
+            if (target.$_pkeyfilterValidateOnly) {
+                testKey = `${event.target.value}${event.key}`;
+            }
+
+            if (!regex.test(testKey)) {
+                // runs before @update:modelValue emit
+                event.preventDefault();
+            }
+        },
+        onPaste(event, target) {
+            let regex = this.getRegex(target);
+
+            if (regex === '') {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const clipboard = event.clipboardData.getData('text');
+            let testKey = '';
+
+            // loop over each letter pasted and if any fail prevent the paste
+            [...clipboard].forEach((c) => {
+                if (target.$_pkeyfilterValidateOnly) {
+                    testKey += c;
+                } else {
+                    testKey = c;
+                }
+
+                if (!regex.test(testKey)) {
+                    event.preventDefault();
+
+                    return false;
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+});
+
+export default KeyFilter;
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/package.json b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/package.json
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+{
+    "main": "./KeyFilter.js",
+    "module": "./KeyFilter.js",
+    "types": "./KeyFilter.d.ts"
+}
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/style/KeyFilterStyle.d.ts b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/style/KeyFilterStyle.d.ts
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+++ b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/style/KeyFilterStyle.d.ts
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+/**
+ *
+ * KeyFilter is a built-in feature of InputText to restrict user input based on a regular expression.
+ *
+ * [Live Demo](https://primevue.org/keyfilter)
+ *
+ * @module keyfilterstyle
+ *
+ */
+import type { BaseStyle } from '@primevue/core/base/style';
+
+export enum KeyFilterClasses {}
+
+export interface KeyFilterStyle extends BaseStyle {}
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/style/KeyFilterStyle.js b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/style/KeyFilterStyle.js
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+import BaseStyle from '@primevue/core/base/style';
+
+export default BaseStyle.extend({
+    name: 'keyfilter-directive'
+});
diff --git a/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/style/package.json b/packages/primevue/src/keyfilter/style/package.json
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+{
+    "main": "./KeyFilterStyle.js",
+    "module": "./KeyFilterStyle.js",
+    "types": "./KeyFilterStyle.d.ts",
+    "sideEffects": false
+}