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user1943827
user1943827

Reputation: 123

Detecting Whether Key is Being Held Down in Java

I'm implementing a KeyListener, and trying to find out whether a key is being held down in Java, as opposed to just being pressed and released. Is there a way I can do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 69

Answers (1)

rzwitserloot
rzwitserloot

Reputation: 102812

Yes. For your implementation of KeyListener...

The keyPressed method is called when the key is depressed, and the keyReleased method is called when the key is released, and this works for almost any key (including CTRL or CMD; generally keys like 'fn' on laptops can't be detected but that's about it).

The keyTyped method shouldn't be used if you want this level of fine-tuning; keyTyped is fired when a key is pressed AND released, and will also repeat if the key is held down depending on OS. So don't use that one.

Upvotes: 1

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