Members

callbackContext :object

The context under which the callbacks are run.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 48

enabled :boolean

Keyboard input will only be processed if enabled.

Default Value:

• true

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 33

event :object

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 38

game :Phaser.Game

Local reference to game.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 26

<readonly> lastChar :string

Returns the string value of the most recently pressed key.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 553

<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.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 576

onDownCallback :function

This callback is invoked every time a key is pressed down, including key repeats when a key is held down.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 53

onPressCallback :function

This callback is invoked every time a DOM onkeypress event is raised, which is only for printable keys.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 58

onUpCallback :function

This callback is invoked every time a key is released.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 63

pressEvent :object

The most recent DOM event from keypress.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 43

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 - input/Keyboard.js, line 114

addKey(keycode) → {Phaser.Key}

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.

Returns:

Phaser.Key -

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 144

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 - input/Keyboard.js, line 294

addKeys(keys) → {object}

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 }.

Returns:

object -

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 165

clearCaptures()

Clear all set key captures.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 333

createCursorKeys() → {object}

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

Returns:

object -

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 208

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 - input/Keyboard.js, line 277

downDuration(keycode, duration) → {boolean}

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.

Returns:

boolean -

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 487

isDown(keycode) → {boolean}

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.

Returns:

boolean -

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 531

<internal> processKeyDown(event)

Process the keydown event.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
event	KeyboardEvent

Internal:

• This member is internal (protected) and may be modified or removed in the future.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 363

<internal> processKeyPress(event)

Process the keypress event.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
event	KeyboardEvent

Internal:

• This member is internal (protected) and may be modified or removed in the future.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 403

<internal> processKeyUp(event)

Process the keyup event.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
event	KeyboardEvent

Internal:

• This member is internal (protected) and may be modified or removed in the future.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 426

removeKey(keycode)

Removes a Key object from the Keyboard manager.

Parameters:

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 191

removeKeyCapture(keycode)

Removes an existing key capture.

Parameters:

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 321

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 - input/Keyboard.js, line 463

<internal> start()

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

Internal:

• This member is internal (protected) and may be modified or removed in the future.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 220

stop()

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 260

update()

Updates all currently defined keys.

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 344

upDuration(keycode, duration) → {boolean}

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	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.

Returns:

boolean -

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

Source - input/Keyboard.js, line 509