love.keyboard.setKeyRepeat

Enables or disables key repeat for love.keypressed. It is disabled by default.

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Synopsis

1	`love.keyboard.setKeyRepeat( enable )`

Arguments

boolean enable: Whether repeat keypress events should be enabled when a key is held down.

Returns

Nothing.

Notes

The interval between repeats depends on the user's system settings. This function doesn't affect whether love.textinput is called multiple times while a key is held down.

Function

Removed in LÖVE 0.9.0
This variant is not supported in that and later versions.

Enables key repeating and sets the delay and interval.

Synopsis

1	`love.keyboard.setKeyRepeat( delay, interval )`

Arguments

number delay: The amount of time before repeating the key (in seconds). 0 disables key repeat.
number interval: The amount of time between repeats (in seconds)

Returns

Nothing.

Examples

Hold left or right to change the position.

function love.load()
    love.keyboard.setKeyRepeat(true)
    x = 50
end
  
function love.keypressed(key, isrepeat)
    if key == "right" then
        x = (x + 80) % love.graphics.getWidth()
    elseif key == "left" then
        x = (x - 80) % love.graphics.getWidth()
    end
end
  
function love.draw()
    love.graphics.circle("fill", x, 100)
end

love.keyboard.setKeyRepeat