Check if any key is pressed

As the title suggests, how can I check if any key was pressed on this new system? Also how can I know what key it was?

Thank you

 

You can use:

Code (CSharp):

1. Keyboard.current.anyKey.wasPressedThisFrame

It detects if any key was pressed, but I think it doesn't expose the specific key name? I'm just learning this new Input System myself.

 

That might work. Do you think there is a way of getting input from any device? Per example:

Code (CSharp):

1. AnyDevice.current.anyKey.wasPressedThisFrame

Do you think this might be possible?

 

I don't dislike that second alternative. It's ugly but it looks like it will work.
The thing is I don't understand what most of those things do, stuff like "IsA(), controls.synthetic, controls.noisy...". Are those documented on the new input's API?

 

Thanks for the links!

 

I'm having an issue with Keyboard.current.anyKey.wasPressedThisFrame. If I hold down one key, then press a second key, it remains false. This is a regression from the old system's Input.anyKey.

Is this intended behavior? If so, is there a workaround? Currently I'm iterating through every Key to individually check if it's down this frame, I feel like there must be a better way...

CC @Rene-Damm -- hope it's okay to ping you

 

I'm experiencing the same issue, "anyKey.wasPressedThisFrame" doesn't trigger when holding a second key so shift/ctrl shortcuts I've set up don't function. We're you able to find a solution/workaround?

 

@NongBenz I wasn't able to find a non-S***ty way of doing it, the workaround I'm using is what I already described: I iterate through every Key and check individually whether one is down.

 

Is there a simpler way to do this now?

 

*bump
any updates? @ unity

 

Is this still tedious, or has an easier way been implemented? I have to admit, I can't believe the new input system shipped without an easy way to accomplish this.

 

Any luck with this?

 

"Any key" is supposed to be easy, but it seems it's confusing for both the programmers and the customers
Any update on this though?

 

Has anyone had any luck finding anything out, as far as a simpler solution?

 

I used #4 and it worked for me

 

apparently, there's one for the keyboard. haven't tested it yet though.
reference: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@0.9/manual/Migration.html

Code (CSharp):

1. Keyboard.current.anyKey.wasUpdatedThisFrame

would anyone like to try the above one out?

 

Dont know how I missed the documentation but this did work.

I ended up using the following and worked great.

Code (CSharp):

1. Keyboard.current.anyKey.isPressed

 

Well, here's the code then (extracted from here):

Code (CSharp):

1. public KeyCode getCurrentKeyDown()
2.     {
3.         KeyCode finalKeyCode=KeyCode.None;
4.         foreach (KeyCode kcode in Enum.GetValues(typeof(KeyCode))){if (Input.GetKey(kcode)){ finalKeyCode = kcode; }}
5.         if (finalKeyCode == KeyCode.None)
6.         {
7.             //Couldn't find key
8.         }
9.         return finalKeyCode;
10.     }

 

Bless up, thank you very much Rene.

 

i se some of you guys have the same problem as me i had solved it for keyboard using the key name like this

Code (CSharp):

1. if (Keyboard.current.FindKeyOnCurrentKeyboardLayout(Keyboard.current.allControls[KeyIndex].displayName).wasPressedThisFrame)

it returns true if the key index is pressed but it dowsnt work for mouse and i havent tried gamepad yet

edit: Gamepad also doesnt support i am gona do a classic gamer move and just save last state of the buttons with the press tag so it catches diferences

 

https://forum.unity.com/threads/input-system-1-3-0-released-more-fixes.1222632/#post-7862056

Make sure you read the following discussion too. Don't treat everything as "button", users aren't so no need.

 

If anyone else couldn't use this code because .CallOnce wasn't available, make sure to use:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine.InputSystem.Utilities;