global-mkh

An event based, Global Keyboard and Mouse listener for Node.js (Windows only). Based off of xanderfrangos/global-mouse-events and borecjeborec1/lepikEvents.

Installation

npm i @abberdeen/global-mkh

Usage

Import the module and register for the mouse events you'd like to listen to.

Available event listeners

keyup / keydown — Fires when a keyboard button is pressed / released.
Returns:

• keyName: Return the pressed single key name.
• combination Return pressed key in the end along with the modifiers if they are (control, shift, and alt), separated by a '+'.
• shiftKey Boolean is pressed Shift key.
• ctrlKey Boolean is pressed Control key.
• altKey Boolean is pressed Alt key.
• metaKey Boolean is pressed Meta (Win) key.
• crazyCombination Available only on key up. String key combinations, ordered by the order they are pressed.

mouseup / mousedown — Fires when a mouse button is pressed / released.
Returns:

• x: The X position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• y: The Y position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• button: Which button was pressed. 1 is left-click. 2 is right-click. 3 is middle-click.

mousemove — Fires when the mouse cursor is moved.
Returns:

• x: The X position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• y: The Y position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.

mousewheel — Fires when the mouse wheel is scrolled. Some trackpads may not fire this event unless "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them" is disabled in the Windows settings.
Returns:

• x: The X position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• y: The Y position of the mouse, relative to the top left of the primary display.
• delta: How much the mouse wheel was scrolled. Positive numbers are considered "up" and negative numbers are "down".
• axis: Whether the scroll was vertical or horizontal. 0 is vertical. 1 is horizontal.

Example

const globalMKH = require("global-mkh");

globalMKH.on("keyup", data => {
  console.log("keyup: ", data);
});

globalMKH.on("keydown", data => {
  console.log("keydown", data);
});

globalMKH.on("mouseup", data => {
  console.log(data);
});

globalMKH.on("mousemove", data => {
  console.log(data);
});

globalMKH.on("mousedown", data => {
  console.log(data);
});

globalMKH.on("mousewheel", data => {
  console.log(data);
});

Available functions

• pauseMouseEvents — Pauses all mouse events.
• resumeMouseEvents — Resumes all mouse events.
• getPaused — Returns the paused state as a boolean.