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Convert between key-strings and key-codes. Also provides functionality for querying and changing keyboard layouts.

API Overview

API Documentation

Constants

map
Signature hs.keycodes.map
Type Constant
Description A mapping from string representation of a key to its keycode, and vice versa.
Source extensions/keycodes/init.lua

Functions

currentLayout
Signature hs.keycodes.currentLayout() -> string
Type Function
Description Gets the name of the current keyboard layout
Parameters
  • None
Returns
  • A string containing the name of the current keyboard layout
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
currentLayoutIcon
Signature hs.keycodes.currentLayoutIcon() -> hs.image object
Type Function
Description Gets the icon of the current keyboard layout
Parameters
  • None
Returns
  • An hs.image object containing the icon, if available
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
currentMethod
Signature hs.keycodes.currentMethod() -> string
Type Function
Description Get current input method
Parameters
  • None
Returns
  • Name of current input method, or nil
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
currentSourceID
Signature hs.keycodes.currentSourceID([sourceID]) -> string | boolean
Type Function
Description Get or set the source id for the keyboard input source
Parameters
  • sourceID - an optional string specifying the input source to set for keyboard input
Returns
  • If no parameter is provided, returns a string containing the source id for the current keyboard layout or input method; if a parameter is provided, returns true or false specifying whether or not the input source was able to be changed.
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
iconForLayoutOrMethod
Signature hs.keycodes.iconForLayoutOrMethod(sourceName) -> hs.image object
Type Function
Description Gets an hs.image object for a given keyboard layout or input method
Parameters
  • sourceName - A string containing the name of an input method or keyboard layout
Returns
  • An hs.image object, or nil if no image could be found
Notes
  • Not all layouts/methods have icons, so you should assume this will return nil at some point
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
inputSourceChanged
Signature hs.keycodes.inputSourceChanged(fn)
Type Function
Description Sets the function to be called when your input source (i.e. qwerty, dvorak, colemac) changes.
Parameters
  • fn - A function that will be called when the input source changes. No arguments are supplied to the function.
Returns
  • None
Notes
  • This may be helpful for rebinding your hotkeys to appropriate keys in the new layout
  • Setting this will un-set functions previously registered by this function.
Source extensions/keycodes/init.lua
layouts
Signature hs.keycodes.layouts([sourceID]) -> table
Type Function
Description Gets all of the enabled keyboard layouts that the keyboard input source can be switched to
Parameters
  • sourceID - an optional boolean, default false, indicating whether the keyboard layout names should be returned (false) or their source IDs (true).
Returns
  • A table containing a list of keyboard layouts enabled in System Preferences
Notes
  • Only those layouts which can be explicitly switched to will be included in the table. Keyboard layouts which are part of input methods are not included. See hs.keycodes.methods.
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
methods
Signature hs.keycodes.methods([sourceID]) -> table
Type Function
Description Gets all of the enabled input methods that the keyboard input source can be switched to
Parameters
  • sourceID - an optional boolean, default false, indicating whether the keyboard input method names should be returned (false) or their source IDs (true).
Returns
  • A table containing a list of input methods enabled in System Preferences
Notes
  • Keyboard layouts which are not part of an input method are not included in this table. See hs.keycodes.layouts.
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
setLayout
Signature hs.keycodes.setLayout(layoutName) -> boolean
Type Function
Description Changes the system keyboard layout
Parameters
  • layoutName - A string containing the name of an enabled keyboard layout
Returns
  • A boolean, true if the layout was successfully changed, otherwise false
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m
setMethod
Signature hs.keycodes.setMethod(methodName) -> boolean
Type Function
Description Changes the system input method
Parameters
  • methodName - A string containing the name of an enabled input method
Returns
  • A boolean, true if the method was successfully changed, otherwise false
Source extensions/keycodes/internal.m