###### (This is the legacy documentation for SDL2, the previous stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current stable version.)
# SDL_KeyboardEvent

Keyboard button event structure (event.key.*)

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_events.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_events.h)

## Syntax

```c
typedef struct SDL_KeyboardEvent
{
    Uint32 type;        /**< SDL_KEYDOWN or SDL_KEYUP */
    Uint32 timestamp;   /**< In milliseconds, populated using SDL_GetTicks() */
    Uint32 windowID;    /**< The window with keyboard focus, if any */
    Uint8 state;        /**< SDL_PRESSED or SDL_RELEASED */
    Uint8 repeat;       /**< Non-zero if this is a key repeat */
    Uint8 padding2;
    Uint8 padding3;
    SDL_Keysym keysym;  /**< The key that was pressed or released */
} SDL_KeyboardEvent;
```

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