linux-key-info
v1.0.2
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A simple utility for getting key info for a given linux key code
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node-linux-key-info
A simple utility for getting key info for a given linux key code.
Installation:
# using npm
npm i --save linux-key-info
# or yarn
yarn add linux-key-info
Usage:
// get info for a given key code
const keyCodeInfo = require('linux-key-info').keyCodeInfo;
console.log(keyCodeInfo(30).name); // 'A'
console.log(keyCodeInfo(30).char); // 'A'
console.log(keyCodeInfo(1).name); // 'ESC'
console.log(keyCodeInfo(1).char); // ''
// list all known keys
const listAllKnownKeys = require('linux-key-info').listAllKnownKeys;
console.log('All known keys:',listAllKnownKeys());
Example usage with 'input-event' package
$ npm i input-event linux-key-info --save
const InputEvent = require('input-event');
const keyCodeInfo = require('linux-key-info').keyCodeInfo;
const input = new InputEvent('/dev/input/event0');
const keyboard = new InputEvent.Keyboard(input);
keyboard.on('keypress', (event) => {
const info = keyCodeInfo(event.code);
console.log(`Key pressed: code=${event.code}, name="${info.name}", char="${info.char}"`);
});