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Created September 17, 2016 10:24
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Example: Detect keypress event in Node.js console app
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KeyPressEvent.js
var readline = require('readline');
readline.emitKeypressEvents(process.stdin);
if (process.stdin.isTTY)
process.stdin.setRawMode(true);
process.stdin.on('keypress', (chunk, key) => {
if (key && key.name == 'q')
process.exit();
});
@dxataclub
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Thank you!

@dariorlima
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Really nice! Thanks man!

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jgan42 commented Aug 5, 2022

👍

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kasterra commented Aug 9, 2022

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stevemu commented Oct 24, 2024

Thank you!

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5aurabh commented Mar 29, 2025 •
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Thanks for this. Is there a standard way to detect a keyrelease event or do we need to rely on some timeout logic which tracks inactivity?

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