key_up

Fired whenever a key is released (or the terminal is closed while a key was being pressed).

This event returns a numerical "key code" (for instance, F1 is 290). This value may vary between versions and so it is recommended to use the constants in the keys API rather than hard coding numeric values.

Return values

  1. string: The event name.
  2. number: The numerical key value of the key pressed.

Example

Prints each key released on the keyboard whenever a key_up event is fired.

while true do
  local event, key = os.pullEvent("key_up")
  local name = keys.getName(key) or "unknown key"
  print(name .. " was released.")
end

See also