Command: IsKeyPressed

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Command: IsKeyPressed

Specifies whether the specified key was pressed.

Input Parameters

KeyValue

Specifies the pressed key. Integer variable -2147483648 <= KeyValue <= 2147483647 The following list contains some possible values. You can find a detailed list on the internet under the search term "Virtual Keys". The Hex value and the associated key are specified. &H01 Left mouse button &H02 Right mouse button &H04 Middle mouse button &H10 <Shift> key &H11 CTRL key &H1B ESC key &H20 Spacebar &H0D Enter key &H70 to &H87H F1- to F24 keys &H41 to &H5A A- to Z keys &H30 to &H39 0- to 9 keys &H60 to &H69 0- to 9 keys on the numeric block

Return Parameters

Use the IsKeyPressed command to request the keys of the keyboard and of the mouse. The command returns the physical key not the logical key. For example, even if a left-handed user re-configured the mouse buttons, the command returns the left mouse button when this button is pressed.

Example

The following example outputs a message after the space bar was pressed. The KeyWait stops the script until a key is pressed.

Call MsgBoxDisp("Press space bar.",,,,5,True)
Do While Not IsKeyPressed(&H20) 
  Call KeyWait
Loop
Call MsgBoxDisp("Space bar pressed")

dd.MsgBoxDisp("Press space bar.","" ,"" ,"" ,5,True) 
while Do : 
    dd.KeyWait 
dd.MsgBoxDisp("Space bar pressed")