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@jeanmajid/windows-keylistener

jeanmajid9MIT1.1.3

Low‑level keyboard hook for Windows

keylistener, keyboard, windows, native, clipboard, hook, low-level, win32, addon, node-gyp, event, input, listener, hotkey

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@jeanmajid/windows-keylistener

A very basic Low‑level keyboard hook for Windows, with some additional functionality (currently only copyToClipboard)

Installation

npm install @jeanmajid/windows-keylistener

Usage

CommonJS (Node.js):

const keylistener = require("@jeanmajid/windows-keylistener");

keylistener.start((keyCode) => {
    console.log("Key pressed:", keyCode);
});

// later...
keylistener.stop();

// copy a string to clipboard:
keylistener.copyToClipboard("Hello from clipboard");

ESM:

import keylistener from "@jeanmajid/windows-keylistener";

keylistener.start((keyCode) => {
  console.log("Key pressed:", keyCode);
});

API

start
Starts listening; takes a callback (keyCode: number) => void.
stop
Stops listening and clears the callback.
copyToClipboard
Copies a given string into the Windows clipboard.

Type definitions are in keylistener.d.ts.