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Keyboard

⌨️ Read keyboard events in your terminal applications! (Arrow keys, Home, End, etc.)

Install / Use

/learn @atomicgo/Keyboard
About this skill

Quality Score

0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

<h1 align="center">AtomicGo | keyboard</h1> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/atomicgo/keyboard/releases"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/atomicgo/keyboard?style=flat-square" alt="Latest Release"> </a> <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/atomicgo/keyboard" target="_blank"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/atomicgo/keyboard/go.yml?style=flat-square" alt="Tests"> </a> <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/atomicgo/keyboard" target="_blank"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/gh/atomicgo/keyboard?color=magenta&logo=codecov&style=flat-square" alt="Coverage"> </a> <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/atomicgo/keyboard"> <!-- unittestcount:start --><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Unit_Tests-1-magenta?style=flat-square" alt="Unit test count"><!-- unittestcount:end --> </a> <a href="https://github.com/atomicgo/keyboard/issues"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues/atomicgo/keyboard.svg?style=flat-square" alt="Issues"> </a> <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" target="_blank"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg?style=flat-square" alt="License: MIT"> </a> </p>
<p align="center"> <strong><a href="#install">Get The Module</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://pkg.go.dev/atomicgo.dev/keyboard#section-documentation" target="_blank">Documentation</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://github.com/atomicgo/atomicgo/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank">Contributing</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://github.com/atomicgo/atomicgo/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md" target="_blank">Code of Conduct</a></strong> </p>
<p align="center"> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/atomicgo/atomicgo/main/assets/header.png" alt="AtomicGo"> </p> <p align="center"> <table> <tbody> <td align="center"> <img width="2000" height="0"><br> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <img width="2000" height="0"> </td> </tbody> </table> </p> <h3 align="center"><pre>go get atomicgo.dev/keyboard</pre></h3> <p align="center"> <table> <tbody> <td align="center"> <img width="2000" height="0"><br> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <img width="2000" height="0"> </td> </tbody> </table> </p>

Description

Package keyboard can be used to read key presses from the keyboard, while in a terminal application. It's crossplatform and keypresses can be combined to check for ctrl+c, alt+4, ctrl-shift, alt+ctrl+right, etc. It can also be used to simulate (mock) keypresses for CI testing.

Works nicely with https://atomicgo.dev/cursor

Simple Usage

keyboard.Listen(func(key keys.Key) (stop bool, err error) {
  if key.Code == keys.CtrlC {
    return true, nil // Stop listener by returning true on Ctrl+C
  }

  fmt.Println("\r" + key.String()) // Print every key press
  return false, nil // Return false to continue listening
})

Advanced Usage

// Stop keyboard listener on Escape key press or CTRL+C.
// Exit application on "q" key press.
// Print every rune key press.
// Print every other key press.
keyboard.Listen(func(key keys.Key) (stop bool, err error) {
  switch key.Code {
  case keys.CtrlC, keys.Escape:
    return true, nil // Return true to stop listener
  case keys.RuneKey: // Check if key is a rune key (a, b, c, 1, 2, 3, ...)
    if key.String() == "q" { // Check if key is "q"
      fmt.Println("\rQuitting application")
      os.Exit(0) // Exit application
    }
    fmt.Printf("\rYou pressed the rune key: %s\n", key)
  default:
    fmt.Printf("\rYou pressed: %s\n", key)
  }

  return false, nil // Return false to continue listening
})

Simulate Key Presses (for mocking in tests)

go func() {
  keyboard.SimulateKeyPress("Hello")             // Simulate key press for every letter in string
  keyboard.SimulateKeyPress(keys.Enter)          // Simulate key press for Enter
  keyboard.SimulateKeyPress(keys.CtrlShiftRight) // Simulate key press for Ctrl+Shift+Right
  keyboard.SimulateKeyPress('x')                 // Simulate key press for a single rune
      keyboard.SimulateKeyPress('x', keys.Down, 'a') // Simulate key presses for multiple inputs

  keyboard.SimulateKeyPress(keys.Escape) // Simulate key press for Escape, which quits the program
}()

keyboard.Listen(func(key keys.Key) (stop bool, err error) {
  if key.Code == keys.Escape || key.Code == keys.CtrlC {
    os.Exit(0) // Exit program on Escape
  }

  fmt.Println("\r" + key.String()) // Print every key press
  return false, nil                // Return false to continue listening
})

Usage

func Listen

func Listen(onKeyPress func(key keys.Key) (stop bool, err error)) error

Listen calls a callback function when a key is pressed.

Simple example:

keyboard.Listen(func(key keys.Key) (stop bool, err error) {
	if key.Code == keys.CtrlC {
		return true, nil // Stop listener by returning true on Ctrl+C
	}

	fmt.Println("\r" + key.String()) // Print every key press
	return false, nil // Return false to continue listening
})

func SimulateKeyPress

func SimulateKeyPress(input ...interface{}) error

SimulateKeyPress simulate a key press. It can be used to mock user input and test your application.

Example:

go func() {
	keyboard.SimulateKeyPress("Hello")             // Simulate key press for every letter in string
	keyboard.SimulateKeyPress(keys.Enter)          // Simulate key press for Enter
	keyboard.SimulateKeyPress(keys.CtrlShiftRight) // Simulate key press for Ctrl+Shift+Right
	keyboard.SimulateKeyPress('x')                 // Simulate key press for a single rune
	keyboard.SimulateKeyPress('x', keys.Down, 'a') // Simulate key presses for multiple inputs
}()

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GitHub Stars105
CategoryDevelopment
Updated11d ago
Forks6

Languages

Go

Security Score

100/100

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