Class KeyEvent

Describes a keyboard event.

Inheritance

System.Object

KeyEvent

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

Namespace: Terminal.Gui

Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll

Syntax

public class KeyEvent

Constructors

KeyEvent()

Constructs a new KeyEvent

Declaration

public KeyEvent()

KeyEvent(Key)

Constructs a new KeyEvent from the provided Key value - can be a rune cast into a Key value

Declaration

public KeyEvent(Key k)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Key	k

Fields

Key

Symb olid definition for the key.

Declaration

public Key Key

Field Value

Type	Description
Key

Properties

IsAlt

Gets a value indicating whether the Alt key was pressed (real or synthesized)

Declaration

public bool IsAlt { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if is alternate; otherwise, false.

IsCtrl

Determines whether the value is a control key (and NOT just the ctrl key)

Declaration

public bool IsCtrl { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if is ctrl; otherwise, false.

IsShift

Gets a value indicating whether the Shift key was pressed.

Declaration

public bool IsShift { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if is shift; otherwise, false.

KeyValue

The key value cast to an integer, you will typical use this for extracting the Unicode rune value out of a key, when none of the symbolic options are in use.

Declaration

public int KeyValue { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

Methods

ToString()

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

Overrides

System.Object.ToString()