Shortcut Key Development

When to Use

You can set the delay for starting an ability using the shortcut key. An example is to take a screenshot 5 seconds after the shortcut key is pressed.

Modules to Import

import shortKey from '@ohos.multimodalInput.shortKey';

Available APIs

The following table lists common APIs for event injection. For details about the APIs, see ohos.multimodalInput.shortKey.

How to Develop

The following describes how to take a screenshot five seconds after the shortcut key is pressed.

import shortKey from '@ohos.multimodalInput.shortKey';
try {
  shortKey.setKeyDownDuration("screenshot", 500, (error) => {// Set the delay to 5 seconds (500 ms)
    if (error) {
      console.log(`Set key down duration failed, error: ${JSON.stringify(error, [`code`, `message`])}`);
      return;
    }
    console.log(`Set key down duration success`);
  });
} catch (error) {
  console.log(`Set key down duration failed, error: ${JSON.stringify(error, [`code`, `message`])}`);
}