SDL Binary Sensor

The sdl binary sensor platform creates a binary sensor from keyboard presses or mouse button clicks on the host platform. The sensor will be true while the key or mouse button is pressed.

Exactly one of key or mouse_button must be specified.

Configuration variables

• key (Optional): The ID of an SDL key.
• mouse_button (Optional, int): The mouse button to monitor: 1 (left), 2 (middle) or 3 (right).
• All other variables from Binary Sensor.

Example:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: sdl
    id: key_id
    key: SDLK_a
  - platform: sdl
    id: left_click
    mouse_button: 1

See Also

• Host Platform
• SDL display
• SDL mouse wheel sensor