Phaser Class: Key

new Key(game, keycode)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`game`	Phaser.Game	Current game instance.
`keycode`	number	The key code this Key is responsible for.

Source:

input/Key.js, line 14

Members

altKey

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`altKey`	boolean	The down state of the ALT key, if pressed at the same time as this key.

Default Value:

false

Source:

input/Key.js, line 37

ctrlKey

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`ctrlKey`	boolean	The down state of the CTRL key, if pressed at the same time as this key.

Default Value:

false

Source:

input/Key.js, line 43

duration

If the key is down this value holds the duration of that key press and is constantly updated. If the key is up it holds the duration of the previous down session.

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`duration`	number	The number of milliseconds this key has been held down for.

Default Value:

Source:

input/Key.js, line 63

game

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`game`	Phaser.Game	A reference to the currently running game.

Source:

input/Key.js, line 19

isDown

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`isDown`	boolean	The "down" state of the key.

Default Value:

false

Source:

input/Key.js, line 25

isUp

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`isUp`	boolean	The "up" state of the key.

Default Value:

false

Source:

input/Key.js, line 31

keyCode

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`keyCode`	number	The keycode of this key.

Source:

input/Key.js, line 80

onDown

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`onDown`	Phaser.Signal	This Signal is dispatched every time this Key is pressed down. It is only dispatched once (until the key is released again).

Source:

input/Key.js, line 85

onUp

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`onUp`	Phaser.Signal	This Signal is dispatched every time this Key is pressed down. It is only dispatched once (until the key is released again).

Source:

input/Key.js, line 90

repeats

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`repeats`	number	If a key is held down this holds down the number of times the key has 'repeated'.

Default Value:

Source:

input/Key.js, line 75

shiftKey

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`shiftKey`	boolean	The down state of the SHIFT key, if pressed at the same time as this key.

Default Value:

false

Source:

input/Key.js, line 49

timeDown

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`timeDown`	number	The timestamp when the key was last pressed down.

Default Value:

Source:

input/Key.js, line 55

timeUp

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`timeUp`	number	The timestamp when the key was last released.

Default Value:

Source:

input/Key.js, line 69

Methods

justPressed(duration) → {boolean}

Returns the "just pressed" state of the Key. Just pressed is considered true if the key was pressed down within the duration given (default 250ms)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`duration`	number	<optional>	250	The duration below which the key is considered as being just pressed.

Source:

input/Key.js, line 143

Returns:

True if the key is just pressed otherwise false.

Type: boolean

justPressed(duration) → {boolean}

Returns the "just released" state of the Key. Just released is considered as being true if the key was released within the duration given (default 250ms)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
`duration`	number	<optional>	250	The duration below which the key is considered as being just released.

Source:

input/Key.js, line 157

Returns:

True if the key is just released otherwise false.

Type: boolean

<protected> processKeyDown()

Called automatically by Phaser.Keyboard.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`event.`	KeyboardEvent

Source:

input/Key.js, line 96

<protected> processKeyUp()

Called automatically by Phaser.Keyboard.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`event.`	KeyboardEvent

Source:

input/Key.js, line 127