nodejs keydown/keyup events

Question

I\'m interested in seeing if it\'s possible to bind functions to a user pressing/releasing a key on the keyboard.

So far, I\'ve been able to get key press events wit

Answer 1

That is a good tool: https://www.npmjs.com/package/iohook

Look at the sample code:

npm install iohook



const ioHook = require('iohook');

/* In next example we register CTRL+F7 shortcut (in MacOS, for other OS, keycodes can be some different). */

const id = ioHook.registerShortcut([29, 65], (keys) => {
  console.log('Shortcut called with keys:', keys)
});

ioHook.on("keydown", event => {
   console.log(event);
   /* You get object like this
   {
      shiftKey: true,
      altKey: true,
      ctrlKey: false,
      metaKey: false
      keycode: 46,
      rawcode: 8,
      type: 'keydown'
    }
   */
});

//register and start hook
ioHook.start();

// Alternatively, pass true to start in DEBUG mode.
ioHook.start(true);

Link of usage of package ioHook doc https://wilix-team.github.io/iohook/usage.html