Are there any Kotlin/Java libraries similar to <Py...
# compose-desktopj
Josh Rose
05/27/2022, 6:55 PMAre there any Kotlin/Java libraries similar to Pynput? I've put together a simple shortkey program with a GUI written in Python, but I would like to recreate it with Kotlin and Compose.
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Michael Paus
05/28/2022, 11:12 AMMonitoring the mouse is part of the Compose API and you don’t need any external libraries for that. I am not so sure about controlling the mouse.
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Josh Rose
05/28/2022, 4:03 PMThanks for the reply! I would be more interested in monitoring and controlling the keyboard. But if the Compose API also covers monitoring the keyboard, I'd be interested to know where in the documentation I could find out more about it. From there I could hopefully figure out the rest.
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Michael Paus
05/28/2022, 4:52 PMSorry, I can’t help you with the keyboard. I am just using what the text field has to offer there.
Michael Paus
05/29/2022, 11:13 AMMaybe this tutorial, which I just stumbled over, may be helpful: https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/tree/master/tutorials/Keyboard
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