Is it possible to use CTRL + <key>?

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#1

Hi devs,

I’m wondering if it’s possible to activate UserInputService.InputBegan while holding down the control / alt key.
Is this a thing?

Edit: I know you can use + CTRL, but I’m not looking for that.
Edit 2: I also know I can use shift.

#2

yes you can use the IsKeyDown function on UserInputService

UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.LeftControl) -- returns true if the left ctrl is holding

like this

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, GPE)
	if UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.LeftControl) and Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.R then
		print("Ctrl + R")
	end
end)
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#3

Sorry for setting your post as the solution before it actually was, but InputBegan doesn’t fire while CTRL is being pressed.
I haven’t checked this out of Roblox Studio yet, though.

#4

Try using InputChanged instead of InputBegan

#5 
local Game = game
local UserInputService = Game:GetService("UserInputService")

local function OnInputBegan(InputObject)
	if InputObject.KeyCode.Name == "Q" then
		if UserInputService:IsKeyDown("LeftControl") or UserInputService:IsKeyDown("RightControl") then
			print("Hello world!")
		end
	end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(OnInputBegan)

This works for me. It likely didn’t work before because you were using the ‘GameProcessed’ parameter to ignore inputs handled by the engine.

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