# keyPressed() only works sometimes

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**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/keypressed-only-works-sometimes/22340 "2020-07-02T21:58:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/keypressed-only-works-sometimes/22340/5 "2026-04-23T16:59:13Z")

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> [@beckerc](#):
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> Is there a way to select the window with code so that a user doesn’t have to click the mouse on the window?

Yes!

An additional way:

> **[Robot (Java SE 17 & JDK 17)](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.desktop/java/awt/Robot.html)**
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> declaration: module: java.desktop, package: java.awt, class: Robot

Also see:  
_[Keyboard Entry Seems To Need Mouse Click To Work](https://discourse.processing.org/t/keyboard-entry-seems-to-need-mouse-click-to-work/48454)_

`:)`

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