So i used the KeyBinding class (net.minecraft.client.settings.KeyBinding) to add a new keybind but it only triggers when i am not in a gui, i am new to forge and what not so im not sure how i could fix this issue?

59 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

That is normal, key bindings are disabled in a Screen.

Check out the various keyboard related events in GuiScreenEvent for detecting keyboard input while a screen is open.

Note that this might not be a good idea, due to for example text input fields.

I see like for JEI they could type something and it would trigger what ever i am trying to do.

Resurrecting this thread to ask:

Is there a way to enable keybindings while in a GUI?

I've been able to use GuiScreenEvent.KeyboardKeyEvent but for detecting held buttons it has a delay after the initial press, just like when holding down a button to repeat the same character while typing. The same is true for getGui().keyPressed(). However, keybindings do not have this issue and are guaranteed to execute code smoothly when a key is held.

I've noticed that some GUI screens do in fact allow keybindings when open, like the player inventory screen. Is there a way to also allow use of keybindings on custom GUIs?