A simple library to query mouse and keyboard inputs on demand without a window. Will work in Windows, Linux on X11, and macOS.
use device_query::{DeviceQuery, DeviceState, MouseState, Keycode};
let device_state = DeviceState::new();
let mouse: MouseState = device_state.get_mouse();
println!("Current Mouse Coordinates: {:?}", mouse.coords);
let keys: Vec<Keycode> = device_state.get_keys();
println!("Is A pressed? {}", keys.contains(Keycode::A));Windows shouldn't require any special software to be installed for device_query to work properly.
On Linux, the X11 development libraries are required for device_query to query state from the OS.
On Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt install libx11-dev
On Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-server-devel
On newer versions of MacOS, you may run into issues where you only see meta keys such as shift, backspace, et cetera. This is due to a permission issue. To work around this:
- open the MacOS system preferences
- go to Security -> Privacy
- scroll down to Accessibility and unlock it
- add the app that is using
device_query(such as your terminal) to the list