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Modules
love.graphics love.audio love.physics love.mouse love.keyboard love.joystick love.filesystem love.timer love.system
Callbacks
load update draw mousepressed mousereleased keypressed keyreleased joystickpressed joystickreleased
Miscellaneous
Constants Config Files Example List
Function
love.keyboard.isDown( key )
Checks whether a certain key is down. For list of accepted keys, see Constants.
Synopsis
var = love.keyboard.isDown( key )
Arguments
key The key in question.
Returns
boolean Whether the passed key is pressed down.
See Also
Constants, keypressed, keyrelreased
Examples
Example 10: Checking if a key is down
  1. -- Example: Checking if a key is down 
  2.  
  3. function draw() 
  4.     -- Checks whether the return key is down or not. 
  5.     if love.keyboard.isDown(love.key_return) then 
  6.         love.graphics.draw("The key is down.", 50, 50) 
  7.     else 
  8.         love.graphics.draw("The key isn't down.", 50, 50) 
  9.     end 
  10. end 
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