keyboard.waitfor([key])function
Waits for any key, or for a specific key, to be pressed asynchronously, meaning it will block only current execution flow but Tasks will still run in background.
Parameters
[key]
An optionalstring or number representing the key to wait for. See the list of supported key codes.If this parameter is omitted, this function waits for any key to be pressed.
Return value
This function returns only when a key have been pressed. The key name is returned as astring.
Example
--! luart-extensions
import keyboard
local console = require "console"
local key
async(function ()
console.write("Waiting for a key")
while not key do
console.write(".")
sleep(1000)
end
end)
key = keyboard.waitfor()
print("\nYou have pressed the ["..key.."] key")