HID Buttons Library

This small Arduino library makes it easier to set up programs that use Keyboard, Mouse, or Joystick buttons by storing the associated key / button ID and output state for comparison. This makes your code cleaner, simpler, and prevents spamming USB reports with duplicated keypresses.

Before:

	if (stickY < -300) {
		if (aPressed == 0){
			aPressed = 1;
			Keyboard.press('a');
		}
	}
	else {
		if (aPressed == 1) {
			aPressed = 0;
			Keyboard.release('a');
		}
	}

After:

	KeyboardButton ButtonA('a');
	...
	ButtonA.set(stickY < -300);

All HID button types share a common base class and are treated identically, allowing you to share logic between buttons on composite devices (e.g. Keyboard + Mouse).

Button 'Set' Functions

void press();
void release();

void toggle();
void write();

void set(boolean state);

static void releaseAll();

Press / Release

The traditional press() and release() functions are present and accounted for! These pass through the class's state filter so repeated calls will avoid spamming USB messages.

Set

This is press() and release() wrapped up into one convenient function. Pass a boolean to set() the state of the button. True is 'pressed', false is 'released'.

Toggle

Flip it! Calling toggle() changes a press to a release and a release to a press.

Write

Don't need to hold it down? Call write() to press and release a button right away.

ReleaseAll

Release all of the buttons! Can be called either on the base class to release everything:

HID_Button::releaseAll();

Or on a specific type to release only buttons of that type:

KeyboardButton::releaseAll();  // release Keyboard buttons only
MouseButton::releaseAll();  // release Mouse buttons only
...

Button 'Get' Functions

boolean isPressed() const;
virtual uint16_t getButton() const;
virtual HID_Button_Type getType() const;

IsPressed

Calling isPressed() will return the internal button state, where 'true' is pressed and 'false' is released.

GetButton

Calling getButton() will return the key or button identifier for that object. For a KeyboardButton this is the key, for a MouseButton or JoystickButton this is the button number.

GetType

The getType() function will return the HID type for that specific button object using the library's classed enumeration. If you're passing objects using the base class (HID_Button) this will tell you what HID type that button is using.

Supported HID Types

The library currently supports three HID button types:

• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Joystick

All three of these HID types are also supported on the Teensy using its native libraries.

To add support for a new HID type, please see the documentation in the 'extras' folder.

License

Released under the terms of the permissive MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.