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}");
    }
}

GitHub

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