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# BEKeyEntry

A class that represents a keyboard event in the text system.

```
class BEKeyEntry
```

## Topics

### Identifying the key

[`key`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BEKeyEntry/key)

The key that the person presses.

### Getting information about the keypress

[`state`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BEKeyEntry/state)

A value that indicates if the key is pressed.

[`BEKeyEntry.KeyPressState`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BEKeyEntry/KeyPressState)

Key-press states for a keyboard event.

[`isKeyRepeating`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BEKeyEntry/isKeyRepeating)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the person holds a key down to repeat its key event.

[`timestamp`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BEKeyEntry/timestamp)

The time that the key event occurs.


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