UnityAppEventMonitor
Unity Native Plugin for NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents.
Receive keyboard input even when Unity.app is in the background with no focus.
This plugin supports macOS 12 or later.
Installation
Download AppEventMonitor.unitypakcage from the release page and install it in your project.
To allow monitoring of keyboard input in the background, you need to add Unity to Accessibility.
Open System Preferences
> Security & Privacy
> Privacy
> Accessibility
and add Unity.app
.
(And Unity Hub.app
if you use)
Feature
Keyboard Events
- key down
- key up
- modifier key
Mouse Events
- left mouse down
- left mouse dragged
- left mouse up
- right mouse down
- right mouse dragged
- right mouse up
- mouse moved
- scroll wheel
Touch Events
- begin gesture
- end gesture
Usage
Include package.
using AppEventMonitor;
Add action.
private void OnKeyDown(string key)
{
Debug.Log($"OnKeyDown: {key}");
}
AppEventMonitorManager.OnKeyDown += OnKeyDown;
Start monitoring.
AppEventMonitorManager.Start();
Stop monitoring.
AppEventMonitorManager.Stop();
Example
using UnityEngine;
using AppEventMonitor;
public class Cube : MonoBehaviour
{
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
AppEventMonitorManager.OnKeyDown += OnKeyDown;
Debug.Log("Start!!");
AppEventMonitorManager.Start();
}
void OnDestroy()
{
Debug.Log("Stop!!");
AppEventMonitorManager.Stop();
}
private void OnKeyDown(string key)
{
Debug.Log($"OnKeyDown: {key}");
}
}