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# GCKeyboard

An object that represents a physical keyboard connected to a device.

```
class GCKeyboard
```

## Overview

To get the keyboard object and its input values, register for the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSNotification/Name-swift.struct/GCKeyboardDidConnect> (Swift) or [`GCKeyboardDidConnectNotification`](/documentation/GameController/GCKeyboardDidConnectNotification) (Objective-C) notification for when a keyboard connects to the device, or use the [`coalesced`](/documentation/GameController/GCKeyboard/coalesced) class property. Then get the input values from the keyboard object’s [`keyboardInput`](/documentation/GameController/GCKeyboard/keyboardInput) controller profile.

## Topics

### Discovering keyboards

[`coalesced`](/documentation/GameController/GCKeyboard/coalesced)

The keyboard currently connected to the device.

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSNotification/Name-swift.struct/GCKeyboardDidConnect>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSNotification/Name-swift.struct/GCKeyboardDidDisconnect>

[`GCKeyboardDidConnectNotification`](/documentation/GameController/GCKeyboardDidConnectNotification)

A notification that posts after a keyboard connects to the device.

[`GCKeyboardDidDisconnectNotification`](/documentation/GameController/GCKeyboardDidDisconnectNotification)

A notification that posts after a single keyboard, or the last of multiple keyboards, disconnects from the device.

### Getting input values

[`keyboardInput`](/documentation/GameController/GCKeyboard/keyboardInput)

The controller profile for the keyboard.


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