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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">string character
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* '''character''': This represents the pressed character
* '''character''': a [[string]] representing the pressed character.
 
==Source==
==Source==
The [[event system#Event source|source]] of this event is the client's [[root element]].
The [[event system#Event source|source]] of this event is the client's [[root element]].
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function outputPressedCharacter(character)
function outputPressedCharacter(character)
     outputChatBox("You pressed the character "..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
end
addEventHandler("onClientCharacter", getRootElement(), outputPressedCharacter)
addEventHandler("onClientCharacter", getRootElement(), outputPressedCharacter)
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[[pl:onClientCharacter]]


==See Also==
==See Also==
===GUI events===
{{GUI_events}}
{{GUI_events}}
===Client event functions===
===Client event functions===
{{Client_event_functions}}
{{Client_event_functions}}

Latest revision as of 14:28, 20 May 2018

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

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

Example

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

GUI


Client event functions