love.event.push

Available since LÖVE 0.6.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Adds an event to the event queue.

See Variant for the list of supported types for the arguments.

From 0.10.0 onwards, you may pass an arbitrary amount of arguments with this function, though the default callbacks don't ever use more than six.

Function

Synopsis

love.event.push( n, a, b, c, d, e, f, ... )

Arguments

Event n

The name of the event.

Variant a (nil)

First event argument.

Variant b (nil)

Second event argument.

Variant c (nil)

Third event argument.

Variant d (nil) Available since 0.8.0

Fourth event argument.

Variant e (nil) Available since 0.10.0

Fifth event argument.

Variant f (nil) Available since 0.10.0

Sixth event argument.

Variant ... (nil) Available since 0.10.0

Further event arguments may follow.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples

function love.keypressed(k)
	if k == 'escape' then
		love.event.push('quit') -- Quit the game.
	end	
end

function love.keypressed(k)
	if k == 'escape' then
		love.event.push('q') -- Quit the game.
	end	
end

See Also

• love.event