al_key_down(3alleg5)

💖 al_key_down 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the al_key_down page from the Allegro 5 API manual 💅 this one's short and sweet and honestly it's giving "small but mighty", so let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

al_key_down — the Allegro 5 API function that tells you if a key is being held down 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_key_down(const ALLEGRO_KEYBOARD_STATE *state, int keycode)

no cap, that's the whole thing. she's compact 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: al_key_down returns true if the key you specified was held down in the state you specified. that's it. that's the function 💖

like, you hand her a keyboard state and a keycode, and she's like "yeah bestie, that key was down" (true) or "nope, not down" (false). iconic behaviour honestly 🌈

remember: she's checking the state you gave her, so if you want current vibes, grab a fresh ALLEGRO_KEYBOARD_STATE first, iykyk ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ALLEGRO_KEYBOARD_STATE(3alleg5) — go read this one too, she's the main character the whole function revolves around 💜

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that's the whole page, bestie, short king energy fr fr 💀✨ this was the Allegro reference manual, al_key_down(3alleg5), from Allegro 5 — mwah, love that for us 🎀💖🦋