Class: Keyboard

Members

active : boolean

Whether the handler has started.

Type:

• boolean

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 33

callbackContext : object

The context under which the callbacks are run.

Type:

• object

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 55

enabled : boolean

Keyboard input will only be processed if enabled.

Type:

• boolean

Default Value:

• true

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 40

event : KeyboardEvent

The most recent DOM event from keydown or keyup. This is updated every time a new key is pressed or released.

Type:

• KeyboardEvent

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 45

game : Phaser.Game

Local reference to game.

Type:

• Phaser.Game

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 26

<readonly> lastChar : string

Returns the string value of the most recently pressed key.

Type:

• string

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 588

<readonly> lastKey : Phaser.Key

Returns the most recently pressed Key. This is a Phaser.Key object and it changes every time a key is pressed.

Type:

• Phaser.Key

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 614

onDownCallback : function

This callback is invoked every time a key is pressed down, including key repeats when a key is held down. One argument is passed: {KeyboardEvent} event.

Type:

• function

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 60

onPressCallback : function

This callback is invoked every time a DOM onkeypress event is raised, which is only for printable keys. Two arguments are passed: {string} String.fromCharCode(event.charCode) and {KeyboardEvent} event.

Type:

• function

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 65

onUpCallback : function

This callback is invoked every time a key is released. One argument is passed: {KeyboardEvent} event.

Type:

• function

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 70

pressEvent : object

The most recent DOM event from keypress.

Type:

• object

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 50

Methods

addCallbacks(context [, onDown] [, onUp] [, onPress])

Add callbacks to the Keyboard handler so that each time a key is pressed down or released the callbacks are activated.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
context	object			The context under which the callbacks are run.
onDown	function	<optional>	null	This callback is invoked every time a key is pressed down.
onUp	function	<optional>	null	This callback is invoked every time a key is released.
onPress	function	<optional>	null	This callback is invoked every time the onkeypress event is raised.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 120

addKey(keycode)

If you need more fine-grained control over a Key you can create a new Phaser.Key object via this method. The Key object can then be polled, have events attached to it, etc.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
keycode	integer	The keycode of the key.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 162

Returns:

The Key object which you can store locally and reference directly.

Type

Phaser.Key

addKeyCapture(keycode)

By default when a key is pressed Phaser will not stop the event from propagating up to the browser. There are some keys this can be annoying for, like the arrow keys or space bar, which make the browser window scroll.

The addKeyCapture method enables consuming keyboard event for specific keys so it doesn't bubble up to the the browser and cause the default browser behavior.

Pass in either a single keycode or an array/hash of keycodes.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
keycode	integer | Array.<integer> | object	Either a single keycode or an array/hash of keycodes such as [65, 67, 68].

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 315

addKeys(keys)

A practical way to create an object containing user selected hotkeys.

For example,

addKeys( { 'up': Phaser.KeyCode.W, 'down': Phaser.KeyCode.S, 'left': Phaser.KeyCode.A, 'right': Phaser.KeyCode.D } );

would return an object containing properties (up, down, left and right) referring to Phaser.Key object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
keys	object	A key mapping object, i.e. { 'up': Phaser.KeyCode.W, 'down': Phaser.KeyCode.S } or { 'up': 52, 'down': 53 }.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 182

Returns:

An object containing the properties mapped to Phaser.Key values.

Type

object

clearCaptures()

Clear all set key captures.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 353

createCursorKeys()

Creates and returns an object containing 4 hotkeys for Up, Down, Left and Right.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 223

Returns:

An object containing properties: up, down, left and right of Phaser.Key objects.

Type

object

destroy()

Stops the Keyboard event listeners from running (keydown and keyup). They are removed from the window. Also clears all key captures and currently created Key objects.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 299

downDuration(keycode [, duration])

Returns true if the Key was pressed down within the duration value given, or false if it either isn't down, or was pressed down longer ago than then given duration.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
keycode	integer			The keycode of the key to check: i.e. Phaser.KeyCode.UP or Phaser.KeyCode.SPACEBAR.
duration	number	<optional>	50	The duration within which the key is considered as being just pressed. Given in ms.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 501

Returns:

True if the key was pressed down within the given duration, false if not or null if the Key wasn't found.

Type

boolean

isDown(keycode)

Returns true of the key is currently pressed down. Note that it can only detect key presses on the web browser.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
keycode	integer	The keycode of the key to check: i.e. Phaser.KeyCode.UP or Phaser.KeyCode.SPACEBAR.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 567

Returns:

True if the key is currently down, false if not or null if the Key wasn't found.

Type

boolean

<protected> processKeyDown(event)

Process the keydown event.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
event	KeyboardEvent

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 381

<protected> processKeyPress(event)

Process the keypress event.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
event	KeyboardEvent

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 420

<protected> processKeyUp(event)

Process the keyup event.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
event	KeyboardEvent

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 442

removeCallbacks()

Removes callbacks added by addCallbacks and restores callbackContext.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 149

removeKey(keycode)

Removes a Key object from the Keyboard manager.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
keycode	integer	The keycode of the key to remove.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 207

removeKeyCapture(keycode)

Removes an existing key capture.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
keycode	integer	The keycode to remove capturing of.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 342

reset( [hard])

Resets all Keys.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
hard	boolean	<optional>	true	A soft reset won't reset any events or callbacks that are bound to the Keys. A hard reset will.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 478

<protected> start()

Starts the Keyboard event listeners running (keydown, keyup and keypress). They are attached to the window. This is called automatically by Phaser.Input and should not normally be invoked directly.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 234

Returns:

Type

boolean

stop()

Stops the Keyboard event listeners from running (keydown, keyup and keypress). They are removed from the window.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 281

update()

Updates all currently defined keys.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 363

upDuration(keycode [, duration])

Returns true if the Key has been up only within the duration value given, or false if it either isn't up, or was has been up longer than the given duration.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
keycode	Phaser.KeyCode | integer			The keycode of the key to check, i.e. Phaser.KeyCode.UP or Phaser.KeyCode.SPACEBAR.
duration	number	<optional>	50	The duration within which the key is considered as being just released. Given in ms.

Source:

src/input/Keyboard.js line 522

Returns:

True if the key was released within the given duration, false if not or null if the Key wasn't found.

Type

boolean