juce-raw-keyboard-input-module

Raw keyboard input module for JUCE on Linux, Windows, macOS and iOS

Usage

#include <raw_keyboard_input/src/Keyboard.h>

MyComponent::MyComponent() // extends juce::Component
{
  // We need access to the ComponentPeer in order to distinguish
  // between multiple instances in a DAW, so we pass the holder of
  // the Keyboard instance to the factory method. The holder can be
  // any component in your component tree.
  
  keyboard = KeyboardFactory::instance(this);
  
  // Install callbacks
  
  keyboard->onKeyDownFn = [&](int keyCode){ keyEvent(juce::KeyEvent(keyCode, true)); };
  keyboard->onKeyUpFn = [&](int keyCode){ keyEvent(juce::KeyEvent(keyCode, false)); };

  // or call this in a juce::Timer instead
  
  keyboard->isKeyDown(keyCode);
}

On iOS you have to make sure that any components in your tree that return true for getWantsKeyboardFocus() and that implement keyPressed, should return false in that implementation for iOS for any key presses that you want your JUCE project to handle via raw keyboard input.