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keypress

keypress

1 3.0
Pressing a key on a keyboard or other device
  • noun
  • /ˈkiːpˌrɛs/
translation icon : pulsación de tecla
  • With each keypress, the character on the screen updated to reflect my actions.

Examples

  • Is there another keyboard that you make that has a similar keypress feel to this one?

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  • Make sure to check the settings to adjust the sound for each keypress on your device.

  • I'd suggest turning off the sound on keypress options, which is off on many Android devices by default.

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  • Try flipping to keypress?

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  • Incidentally, this may be an interesting moment to discuss the question of whether Metacity should be able to make DBus calls on given keypresses as well as launching external scripts.

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  • It would be nice to semi-automate the clock line, have 2 buttons, "0" and "1" (made of palm tree leaves), and have the clocking do itself on each keypress.

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  • The software captures every keypress to ensure that no input is missed.

Synonyms

keystroke
vskeypress
13 3.1

A single press of a key on a keyboard or similar device

is the same action but used as an alternative term
press
vskeypress
11 1.3

A push on something that applies pressure to it

is limited to pressing buttons on keyboards or input devices

How Forceful

press
11 1.3
keypress
1 3.0
tap
66 1.0

Surface Forms

keypress singular
keypresses plural

Morphology

keypress = key + press (transparent) = key + press

A straightforward compound of 'key' + 'press' denoting the action of pressing a keyboard key, which is predictable from the components.

Etymology

Keypress comes from the parts key and press, where key is the button on a keyboard and 'press' means 'push down'. So a keypress is simply the action of pushing a key, which is why software and games record and react to each keypress.