deno-input

A library for Deno which allows you to asynchronously listen to keyboard input. It requires the --unstable flag.

In the future this will also read cursor selection in the console.

Currently, special characters such as arrow keys use a native library on Windows and require the --allow-ffi and --allow-env flags.

Example usage:

import { keyboardInput, beginListeningToKeyboard, stopListeningToKeyboard } from "path-to-deno-input.ts";

beginListeningToKeyboard();
for await ( const hit of keyboardInput() ) {
    console.log( hit );
    if ( hit.type == 'text' && hit.controlPressed && hit.text == 'c' )
        break;
}

stopListeningToKeyboard();
``