Reliable way to check if a key has been tapped once

[squidlex]

Doing this using .isKeyDown() and .isKeyPressed() (I don't have my IDE on my laptop but I think that's what they're called) is tempremental and both allow me to just hold it.

Using the Key input event will fire when I let go of a key and using a tick event on the client side will often not read my input.

 

Is there a reliable way to do something if and only if a key has been tapped? Or better yet what key triggered the keyboard input event?

[squidlex]

24 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

Minecraft's "sleep time"

That explains it, thank's so much for the in-depth explanation diesieben!