Event KeyDown

Namespace

Terminal.Gui

Assembly

Terminal.Gui.dll

Raised when the user presses a key, allowing subscribers to pre-process the key down event. Called before key bindings are invoked and KeyDownNotHandled is raised. Set Handled to true to stop the key from being processed further.

public event EventHandler<Key>? KeyDown

Returns

EventHandler<Key>

Raised when the user presses a key, allowing subscribers to pre-process the key down event. Called before key bindings are invoked and is raised. Set to true to stop the key from being processed further.

Remarks

Not all terminals support key distinct up notifications, Applications should avoid depending on distinct KeyUp events.

See for an overview of Terminal.Gui keyboard APIs.