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`input listen` for platform

Listen for user interface event

Signature

> input listen {flags}

Flags

--types, -t {list<string>}: Listen for event of specified types only (can be one of: focus, key, mouse, paste, resize)
--raw, -r: Add raw_code field with numeric value of keycode and raw_flags with bit mask flags

Input/output types:

input	output
nothing	record<keycode: string, modifiers: list<string>>

Examples

Listen for a keyboard shortcut and find out how nu receives it

>input listen--types [key]

Notes

There are 5 different type of events: focus, key, mouse, paste, resize. Each will produce a corresponding record, distinguished by type field:

    { type: focus event: (gained|lost) }
    { type: key key_type: <key_type> code: <string> modifiers: [ <modifier> ... ] }
    { type: mouse col: <int> row: <int> kind: <string> modifiers: [ <modifier> ... ] }
    { type: paste content: <string> }
    { type: resize col: <int> row: <int> }