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p6::Key

Summary​

Name
std::stringlogical
The character that was pressed.
intphysical
The key at a given position on the keyboard. It is independent of the keyboard layout (e.g. GLFW_KEY_Q will correspond to the first key on the first row of your keyboard, no matter if you are using azerty instead of qwerty)

Details​

logical​

std::string logical;

The character that was pressed.

This depends on the keyboard layout (qwerty vs azerty). If the key pressed was not a character (for example ENTER, SHIFT etc.) then this is an empty string.

physical​

int physical;

The key at a given position on the keyboard. It is independent of the keyboard layout (e.g. GLFW_KEY_Q will correspond to the first key on the first row of your keyboard, no matter if you are using azerty instead of qwerty)

Updated on 2024 October 24