GetLastInputType

Unsafe

For thread safety, this property is not safe to read in an unsynchronized thread.

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Description:

This function returns 'Enum/UserInputType` associated with the user’s most recent input.

For example, if the user’s previous input had been pressing the spacebar, the Enum/UserInputType returned would be ‘Keyboard’.

The UserInputService/LastInputTypeChanged event can be used to track when the last Enum/UserInputType used by the user changes.

As UserInputService is client-side only, this function can only be used in a LocalScript.

Returns

Return Type	Summary
Return Type UserInputType	Summary The `Enum/UserInputType` associated with the user’s most recent input

Code Samples

UserInputService:GetLastInputType

This example gets the Enum/UserInputType|last input type and indicates if it was keyboard input.

			
				UserInputService:GetLastInputType

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			local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local lastInput = UserInputService:GetLastInputType()

if (lastInput == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard) then
	print("Most recent input was via keyboard")
end
		
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