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Keyboard

Advanced Feature

This action simulates keyboard input directly on your PC. It's intended for users comfortable with key codes and system automation. Take care when testing — key presses are sent to whichever application has focus at the time the alert fires.

Simulate a keyboard key press or type a string of text when an alert fires. Useful for triggering in-game actions, activating software hotkeys, or running macros.

What You Need​

  • Knowledge of the key or key combination you want to press
  • An understanding of which application will have focus when the alert fires

Quick Start​

  1. Create or edit an alert.
  2. Click Add Action and select Keyboard.
  3. Choose the operation: Type Text or Press Key.
  4. Configure the text or key to send.
  5. Optionally set a delay before the action runs.
  6. Save and test.

Configuration Options​

Operation Mode​

Type Text

  • Types a string of text character by character, as if you were typing on a keyboard.
  • Supports plain text and dynamic variables (e.g. {{ username }}).
  • Example: Thanks {{ username }} for the tip!

Press Key

  • Sends a single key press (with optional modifier keys like Ctrl, Shift, Alt).
  • Requires a key code number (the numeric code for the desired key).
  • Optional modifier keys: Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Windows key.
Finding key codes

Key codes follow the nut-js key enum. Common examples:

  • F1 = 58, F2 = 59, ... F12 = 69
  • Enter = 28, Space = 57, Escape = 1
  • A = 30, B = 48, C = 46

Delay​

  • Time in milliseconds to wait before the key press is sent.
  • Default: 0 (no delay).
  • Example: set to 500 to wait half a second after the alert fires before pressing the key.

Tips​

  • Be careful with the Type Text mode during live streams — the text is sent to whichever window is in focus.
  • Use a delay to give a game or application time to load before the key is pressed.
  • Combine with the Kill Process action to close an app and then re-open it via a hotkey.