mac-control

// install

npm install mac-control

// .js

var mc = require("mac-control");
mc.keyPress("a");

Send key commands to Mac OS from Node.

This module features key holding and releasing, making development things like game controllers super easy!

mc.keyPress( )

Will press keys given to it.

mc.keyHold( )

Holds a key until it's told to be released.

mc.keyRelease( )

Releases a key thats being held.

Usage

Arguments can be given as a keycode as a number, particular button as a string or as an array filled with either.

Using keyPress with an array will press the keys in order, then release them in the same order.

Future work on this module will include mouse control, volume and brightness.

Examples

mc.keyPress(12);  // q

mc.keyPress("b"); // b

mc.keyPress("T"); // t

mc.keyPress("tab"); // tab key

Passing arrays

mc.keyPress(["shift","q"]); // Q

mc.keyPress(["a","b"," ","c"]); // ab c

mc.keyPress(["shift","a","b","c"]); // ABC

mc.keyPress(["shift","2"]); // @

keyHold / keyRelease examples

mc.keyHold("b");

setTimeout(function(){
    mc.keyRelease("b");
},1000);

mc.keyHold("shift");
mc.keyPress("a");
mc.keyRelease("shift");

Supported non-letter strings:

tab, command/cmd, control/ctrl, alt/option/opt, enter/return, delete/del, function/fn, escape/esc, capslock/caps, up, down, left, right, shift

Shift key modifier table

//   a z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = [ ] ; ' \ ` , . /
//   A Z ! @ £ $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + { } : " | ~ < > ?

May differ depending on your keyboard layout.

Proposed features

mc.keyPress("a",true,2000,callback); // key repeat, duration of press, callback function