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[Kiln API](../../index.md) / [kiln](../index.md) / InputController

# Interface: InputController

What `app.input` exposes. Implemented by the input plugin.

## Methods

### script()

```ts
script(events): InputController;
```

Queues scripted input, relative to the current frame.

#### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `events` | readonly [`ScriptEvent`](../type-aliases/ScriptEvent.md)\[] |

#### Returns

`InputController`

***

### press()

```ts
press(action): InputController;
```

Holds an action down from the next frame on.

#### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `action` | `string` |

#### Returns

`InputController`

***

### release()

```ts
release(action): InputController;
```

#### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `action` | `string` |

#### Returns

`InputController`

***

### tap()

```ts
tap(action): InputController;
```

Presses on the next frame and releases the frame after.

#### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `action` | `string` |

#### Returns

`InputController`

***

### setAxis()

```ts
setAxis(x, y): InputController;
```

#### Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `x` | `number` |
| `y` | `number` |

#### Returns

`InputController`

***

### clearAxis()

```ts
clearAxis(): InputController;
```

#### Returns

`InputController`

***

### reset()

```ts
reset(): InputController;
```

Drops scripted state and pending events.

#### Returns

`InputController`

***

### record()

```ts
record(): object;
```

Starts recording what the game sees as a script: action values (press/release), the move axis
when a stick or script drives it, and the pointer. stop() returns it (peek() copies it so far);
script() replays it.

#### Returns

`object`

##### stop()

```ts
stop(): ScriptEvent[];
```

###### Returns

[`ScriptEvent`](../type-aliases/ScriptEvent.md)\[]

##### peek()

```ts
peek(): ScriptEvent[];
```

###### Returns

[`ScriptEvent`](../type-aliases/ScriptEvent.md)\[]