This event triggers whenever the user presses an alphanumeric character on their keyboard. This also includes special characters, ie. " / # % [ ] { }.

Parameters

string character

• character: a string representing the pressed character.

Source

element: The source of this event is the client's root element.

Code Examples

client

This example will output the pressed character in the chatbox.

function outputPressedCharacter(character)
  if character==" " then --if the character is a space
    character = "space" --change 'character' to 'space'
  end
    outputChatBox("You pressed the character "..character.."!") --output the character
end
addEventHandler("onClientCharacter", getRootElement(), outputPressedCharacter)

See Also

Input Events

• onClientClick
• onClientDoubleClick
• onClientCursorMove
• onClientCharacter
• onClientGUIAccepted
• onClientGUIChanged
• onClientGUIBlur
• onClientGUIClick
• onClientGUIComboBoxAccepted
• onClientGUIDoubleClick
• onClientGUIMove
• onClientGUIFocus
• onClientGUIMouseUp
• onClientGUIScroll
• onClientGUIMouseDown
• onClientGUITabSwitched
• onClientGUISize
• onClientKey
• onClientMouseEnter
• onClientMouseLeave
• onClientMouseMove
• onClientMouseWheel
• onClientPaste

Input Functions

• addCommandHandler
• bindKey
• executeCommandHandler
• getCommandHandlers
• getFunctionsBoundToKey
• getKeyBoundToFunction
• isControlEnabled
• removeCommandHandler
• toggleControl
• unbindKey
• toggleAllControls
• getAnalogControlState
• getBoundKeys
• getCommandsBoundToKey
• getKeyBoundToCommand
• isCapsLockEnabled
• getKeyState
• setAnalogControlState
• isKeyBound

Reference

• Scripting Events