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macOS Swift monitoring global events not working for generic keyDown

I did set the necessary privileges for the app, and for some events it is working.

For instance:

NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents(matching: .flagsChanged) { print("\($0)") }

works, but

NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents(matching: .keyDown) { print("\($0)") }

doesn't.

So I am wondering, is it possible at all to listen globally for any keypress?

Solution

  • After checking the privileges via

    let accessEnabled = AXIsProcessTrustedWithOptions( [kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt.takeUnretainedValue() as String: true] as CFDictionary)

    I found out, that due to the program running through the Xcode debugger granting the privileges to the app was not enough, I also had to give the privileges to Xcode itself.