KeyEvent class

Normalized key event captured from terminal input.

The representation intentionally stays tiny—just an event type plus an optional char payload for printable or generic control keys. This keeps serialization trivial and ergonomic when piping events between isolates.

Constructors

KeyEvent(KeyEventType type, [String? char])

const

Properties

char → String?

Printable character, or the lowercase letter that was combined with Ctrl for ctrlGeneric events (e.g. ^A → a). Null for keys without a character payload.

final

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, inherited

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

type → KeyEventType

Parsed event classification.

final

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

inherited