# Wait for a keypress

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-a-keypress/20218>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** io\
**Created:** [January 29, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-a-keypress/20218 "2019-01-29T05:10:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-a-keypress/20218/5 "2019-01-29T11:37:53Z")

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The `wait_for_key` method only responds on enter for me, am I doing something wrong?

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