isKeypress (KIK)

Summary

Returns true if the input event corresponds to a keypress event resulting in character output.

Syntax

keyman.interface.isKeypress(e);

or

KeymanWeb.KIK(e); // Shorthand

Parameters

e : Type: Object : The event object to be evaluated.

Return Value

boolean : true if the event would produce text output, otherwise false.

Description

This function is designed to facilitate filtering of keystrokes, allowing custom-coded keyboards to ignore function-oriented keystroke events that should never be used for text generation, such as for F1-F12.

The logic corresponds to that for the keyboard language nomatch rule.