I'm trying to have some code run on the tick that certain keybinds are initially pressed; I'm doing this in a ClientTickEvent event, and here's my code:

	@SubscribeEvent
        public static void playerInputSignatureHandler(TickEvent.ClientTickEvent event) {
            LocalPlayer player = Minecraft.getInstance().player;
            if (player == null) {return;}
            if (player.isSpectator()) {return;}

            ((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$setTimeSinceLastInput(
                    ((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$getTimeSinceLastInput() - 1
            );

            if (((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$getTimeSinceLastInput() <= 0) {
                ((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$resetInputSignature();
            }

            if (event.phase == TickEvent.Phase.END) {
                while (Minecraft.getInstance().options.keyLeft.consumeClick()) {
                    if (((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$getTimeSinceLastInput() > 0) {return;}
                    if (((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$getInputSignature().contains("key.left")) {return;}

                    ((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$addToInputSignature("key.left"); // Mixins
                    setPlayerInputTime(player);

                    player.setDeltaMovement(0, 0.2, 0); // This line is for in-game testing purposes.
                }
            }
        }
	// This method is going to be used several times in the future.
        private static void setPlayerInputTime(LocalPlayer player) {
            ((IAbilityActivatingEntity) player).greater_adventures$setTimeSinceLastInput(10);
        }

I was following the forge docs for some of this. I thought consumeClick() is supposed to return true upon the initial key press, but here the code runs as long as the keybind is held down, and I have no idea why.

Any help is appreciated

Edited March 16, 20241 yr by EveryBlu
Solved

I'm on 1.20.2, so this event might not exist for you, but I'm listening to this event:

net.minecraftforge.client.event.InputEvent.Key

Then doing

if(event.getAction() == InputConstants.PRESS && event.getKey() == Minecraft.getInstance().options.keyJump.getKey().getValue()) {
    // do something on jump pressed
}

and it's working great.

 

If you want to keep using TickEvent.ClientTickEvent, you could do .isDown() instead of .consumeClick()