Questions tagged [keyboard-input]

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How do I wait for a pressed key?

How do I make my python script wait until the user presses any key?
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Keyboard input with timeout?

How would you prompt the user for some input but timing out after N seconds? Google is pointing to a mail thread about it at http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-January/533215.html but it seems not to work. The statement in which the…
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How to Edit multiple lines in Visual studio 2017 at once

I'm following a series of videos on Youtube on how to develop a dashboard using bootstrap. The developer in that series uses the Sublime Text editor. I've noticed that sometimes he clicks on multiple places (one after another) then start typing, and…
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Interpret enter as tab WPF

I want to interpret Enter key as Tab key in whole my WPF application, that is, everywhere in my application when user press Enter I want to focus the next focusable control,except when button is focused. Is there any way to do that in application…
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Delphi: Can I differentiate between numpad's enter key and carriage return?

I've got a quaint little app that pops up an on screen numberpad/calculator written in Delphi. I'd like to make it so if you pressed 'enter' (on the number pad) you'd be pressing '=' and if you pressed 'return' (on the main keyboard) you'd be…
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Lispy way to read user input from the keyboard in Clojure?

I am writing a function for my Clojure program that reads user input from the keyboard. If the user enters invalid input, the user is warned and then prompted again. When using a procedural style in a language like Python, I would do something…
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Detecting key combinations

I want to detect when a combination like Ctrl-C is pressed in a WPF application. What I've read online says to use something like the following in the KeyDown (or KeyUp) Event: if ((Keyboard.Modifiers == ModifierKeys.Control) && (e.Key == Key.S)) { …
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Keyboard input using stdio.StandardIO in twisted python

I have a doubt in twisted python related to my multiclient chat server program. that is, when we give input from keyboard using stdio.StandardIO, where it is stored when we run the reactor? Can anybody give me the answer, please..
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How do I read input that could be an int or a double?

I'm writing a program in which I need to take input from the keyboard. I need to take a number in, yet I'm not sure if it's an int or a double. Here's the code that I have (for that specific part): import java.io.*; import…
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Linux analog to windows GetAsyncKeyState()

Is there some Linux analog of windows function GetAsyncKeyState() ? Or maybe there exists some asynchronous function which returns - Does keyboard buffer empty or not ? Thanks.
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Keyboard input between select() in Python

I write some codes to get the input from keyboard and also check something is alive or not: import sys from select import select timeout = 10 while is_alive(): # is_alive is a method to check some stuffs, might take 5 secs rlist, _, _ =…
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How to get keyboard input with Termion in Rust?

I'm trying out Rust and I really like it so far. I'm working on a tool that needs to get arrow key input from the user. So far, I've got something half-working: if I hold a key for a while, the relevant function gets called. However, it's far from…
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Using a DataMatrix code as a keyboard input

I have this program to read [code].txt files, according to what is the input on a textBox. For now, I type the code and make the search for the files. But I want to use a reading of a data matrix code as the input of that textBox. Basically, I need…
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Can't input in command prompt when using keytool to generate key pair (public and private keys) and a signing certificate

I can't provide any input from my keyboard or from the on-screen keyboard when using keytool to generate key pair (public and private keys) and a signing certificate. This problem occurs only when executing this command not in any other…
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How to send keyboard input to dos application running in window mode in Windows98

My question is about very antique techologies. I have a task to automate old DOS software (spectrometric) that is running in Windows mode in Windows 98. I made two different solution hovewer both of them doesn't work with DOS application: First…
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