[MAN] SDL_KeyboardEvent

Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

SDL_KeyboardEvent

Section: SDL API Reference (3)
Updated: Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59
Index Return to Main Contents

---

 

NAME

SDL_KeyboardEvent - Keyboard event structure  

STRUCTURE DEFINITION

typedef struct{
  Uint8 type;
  Uint8 state;
  SDL_keysym keysym;
} SDL_KeyboardEvent;

 

STRUCTURE DATA

type

SDL_KEYDOWN or SDL_KEYUP

state

SDL_PRESSED or SDL_RELEASED

keysym

Contains key press information

 

DESCRIPTION

SDL_KeyboardEvent is a member of the SDL_Event union and is used when an event of type SDL_KEYDOWN or SDL_KEYUP is reported.

The type and state actually report the same information, they just use different values to do it! A keyboard event occurs when a key is released (type=SDK_KEYUP or state=SDL_RELEASED) and when a key is pressed (type=SDL_KEYDOWN or state=SDL_PRESSED). The information on what key was pressed or released is in the keysym structure.

Note:

Repeating SDL_KEYDOWN events will occur if key repeat is enabled (see SDL_EnableKeyRepeat).

 

SEE ALSO

SDL_Event, SDL_keysym, SDL_EnableKeyRepeat, SDL_EnableUNICODE

---

 

Index

NAME

STRUCTURE DEFINITION

STRUCTURE DATA

DESCRIPTION

SEE ALSO

---

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 04:45:49 GMT, September 16, 2022