diff --git a/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts b/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts
index f6cd92f94..5e8a40358 100644
--- a/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts
@@ -13,21 +13,25 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+
 import { CoreAutoFocusDirective } from './auto-focus';
 import { CoreFormatTextDirective } from './format-text';
 import { CoreLongPressDirective } from './long-press.directive';
+import { CoreSupressEventsDirective } from './supress-events';
 
 @NgModule({
     declarations: [
         CoreAutoFocusDirective,
         CoreFormatTextDirective,
         CoreLongPressDirective,
+        CoreSupressEventsDirective,
     ],
     imports: [],
     exports: [
         CoreAutoFocusDirective,
         CoreFormatTextDirective,
         CoreLongPressDirective,
+        CoreSupressEventsDirective,
     ],
 })
 export class CoreDirectivesModule {}
diff --git a/src/app/directives/supress-events.ts b/src/app/directives/supress-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b3c363a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/directives/supress-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// (C) Copyright 2015 Moodle Pty Ltd.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Based on http://roblouie.com/article/198/using-gestures-in-the-ionic-2-beta/
+
+import { Directive, ElementRef, OnInit, Input, Output, EventEmitter } from '@angular/core';
+
+/**
+ * Directive to suppress all events on an element. This is useful to prevent keyboard closing when clicking this element.
+ *
+ * This directive is based on some code posted by johnthackstonanderson in
+ * https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-plugin-keyboard/issues/81
+ *
+ * @description
+ *
+ * If nothing is supplied or string 'all', then all the default events will be suppressed. This is the recommended usage.
+ *
+ * If you only want to suppress a single event just pass the name of the event. If you want to suppress a set of events,
+ * pass an array with the names of the events to suppress.
+ *
+ * Example usage:
+ *
+ * <a ion-button [core-suppress-events] (onClick)="toggle($event)">
+ */
+@Directive({
+    selector: '[core-suppress-events]',
+})
+export class CoreSupressEventsDirective implements OnInit {
+
+    @Input('core-suppress-events') suppressEvents: string | string[];
+    @Output() onClick = new EventEmitter(); // eslint-disable-line @angular-eslint/no-output-on-prefix
+
+    protected element: HTMLElement;
+
+    constructor(el: ElementRef) {
+        this.element = el.nativeElement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize event listeners.
+     */
+    ngOnInit(): void {
+        let events: string[];
+
+        if (this.suppressEvents == 'all' || typeof this.suppressEvents == 'undefined' || this.suppressEvents === null) {
+            // Suppress all events.
+            events = ['click', 'mousedown', 'touchdown', 'touchmove', 'touchstart'];
+
+        } else if (typeof this.suppressEvents == 'string') {
+            // It's a string, just suppress this event.
+            events = [this.suppressEvents];
+
+        } else if (Array.isArray(this.suppressEvents)) {
+            // Array supplied.
+            events = this.suppressEvents;
+        } else {
+            events = [];
+        }
+
+        // Suppress the events.
+        for (const evName of events) {
+            this.element.addEventListener(evName, this.stopBubble.bind(this));
+        }
+
+        // Now listen to "click" events.
+        this.element.addEventListener('mouseup', (event) => { // Triggered in Android & iOS.
+            this.onClick.emit(event);
+        });
+
+        this.element.addEventListener('touchend', (event) => { // Triggered desktop & browser.
+            this.stopBubble(event);
+            this.onClick.emit(event);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stop event default and propagation.
+     *
+     * @param event Event.
+     */
+    protected stopBubble(event: Event): void {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        event.stopPropagation();
+    }
+
+}