---
name: "simulate_ukeypress"
section: "3alleg4"
platform: "linux"
package: "allegro4-doc"
version: "2:4.4.3.1-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/simulate_ukeypress/3alleg4"
---

# simulate\_ukeypress(3alleg4)

Stuffs an unicode key into the keyboard buffer. Allegro game programming library.

## NAME

simulate\_ukeypress - Stuffs an unicode key into the keyboard buffer. Allegro game programming library.

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<allegro.h\>**

**void simulate\_ukeypress(int key, int scancode);**

## DESCRIPTION

Stuffs a key into the keyboard buffer, just as if the user had pressed  it. The parameter is in the same format returned by ureadkey(). Example:

```
   /* We ignore the scancode simulation. */
   simulate_ukeypress(0x00DF, 0);
   if (ureadkey(&scancode) == 0x00DF)
      allegro_message("You simulated sharp s\n");
```

## SEE ALSO

**install\_keyboard**(3alleg4), **simulate\_keypress**(3alleg4), **keypressed**(3alleg4), **ureadkey**(3alleg4)