Tauri Plugin: User Input

Cross-platform Tauri v2 plugin for monitoring and simulating keyboard and mouse events.

Uses monio for event listening and key simulation, and enigo for text input, mouse buttons, mouse movement, and scroll.

Platform Support

Platform	Monitoring	Simulation
macOS	Yes	Yes
Windows	Yes	Yes
Linux	Partial	Partial
iOS	No	No
Android	No	No

macOS: Requires Accessibility permissions (System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility).

Linux: X11 is supported. Wayland support is limited. See monio docs for details.

Installation

Rust

Add the plugin to your Tauri app's Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
tauri-plugin-user-input = "0.1"

Register the plugin in your Tauri app:

fn main() {
    tauri::Builder::default()
        .plugin(tauri_plugin_user_input::init())
        .run(tauri::generate_context!())
        .expect("error while running tauri application");
}

JavaScript

Install the npm package:

npm install tauri-plugin-user-input-api
# or
pnpm add tauri-plugin-user-input-api

Permissions

Add the plugin permissions to your app's capabilities file (src-tauri/capabilities/default.json):

{
  "permissions": [
    "core:default",
    "user-input:default"
  ]
}

JavaScript API

import {
  startListening,
  stopListening,
  setEventTypes,
  setWindowLabels,
  isListening,
  key,
  text,
  button,
  moveMouse,
  scroll,
} from "tauri-plugin-user-input-api";

Event Monitoring

Before listening, set which event types you want to receive:

import { setEventTypes, startListening, stopListening } from "tauri-plugin-user-input-api";

await setEventTypes(["KeyPress", "KeyRelease", "MouseMove", "ButtonPress", "Wheel"]);

await startListening((event) => {
  console.log("Event:", event.eventType, event);
});

// Later...
await stopListening();

Available event types: KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MouseMove, MouseDragged, Wheel.

Key Simulation

import { key } from "tauri-plugin-user-input-api";

// Press and release a key
await key("KeyClick", "KeyA");

// Hold a key
await key("KeyPress", "MetaLeft");
await key("KeyClick", "KeyC");
await key("KeyRelease", "MetaLeft");

// With delay before execution
await key("KeyClick", "Enter", { delayMs: 100 });

Key names follow the monio Key enum (e.g., KeyA, ShiftLeft, ControlLeft, MetaLeft, ArrowUp, Enter, Space, Backspace, F1-F24).

Text Input

import { text } from "tauri-plugin-user-input-api";

await text("Hello, world!");

Mouse Simulation

import { button, moveMouse, scroll } from "tauri-plugin-user-input-api";

// Move mouse (absolute or relative coordinates)
await moveMouse(500, 300, "Abs");
await moveMouse(10, -5, "Rel");

// Click a mouse button
await button("Clicked", "Left");
await button("Pressed", "Right");
await button("Released", "Right");

// Scroll
await scroll(3, "Vertical");
await scroll(-2, "Horizontal");

Button values: Left, Middle, Right, Back, Forward, ScrollUp, ScrollDown, ScrollLeft, ScrollRight.

Utility

// Check if currently listening
const listening = await isListening();

// Set which windows receive events via Tauri's emit system
await setWindowLabels(["main"]);

Rust API

Access the plugin API from Rust via the UserInputExt trait:

use tauri_plugin_user_input::UserInputExt;

// In a command or setup handler with access to AppHandle:
let user_input = app_handle.user_input();

// Key simulation
user_input.key(monio::Key::KeyA, tauri_plugin_user_input::EventType::KeyClick).unwrap();

// Text input
user_input.text("Hello from Rust!").unwrap();

// Mouse
user_input.move_mouse(100, 200, enigo::Coordinate::Abs).unwrap();
user_input.button(enigo::Button::Left, enigo::Direction::Click).unwrap();
user_input.scroll(3, enigo::Axis::Vertical).unwrap();

// Listening state
let is_active = user_input.is_listening();

Event Data

Events received in the startListening callback have this shape:

{
  eventType: "KeyPress" | "KeyRelease" | "ButtonPress" | "ButtonRelease" | "MouseMove" | "MouseDragged" | "Wheel",
  time: number,          // Unix timestamp in milliseconds
  key?: string,          // For key events (e.g., "KeyA", "ShiftLeft")
  button?: string,       // For button events ("Left", "Right", "Middle")
  position?: { x: number, y: number },           // For mouse move/drag events
  deltaPosition?: { deltaX: number, deltaY: number }  // For wheel events
}

License

MIT OR Apache-2.0