keyTap('right_alt') actually send left alt instead of right alt

[Tsinswreng]

keyTap('right_alt') actually send left alt instead of right alt

Expected Behavior

keyTap('right_alt') should send right alt

Current Behavior

keyTap('right_alt') sends left alt instead

Possible Solution

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

I use node-global-key-listener to listen to key input.

npm install robotjs
npm install node-global-key-listener

const rb = require('robotjs');
const { GlobalKeyboardListener } = require("node-global-key-listener");

const gkl = new GlobalKeyboardListener();

gkl.addListener((event) => {
	console.log(event);
});


setInterval(() => {
	try {
		rb.keyTap('right_alt')
	} catch (error) {
		console.log(error)
	}	
}, 1000);

it outputs:

{
  vKey: 164,
  rawKey: { _nameRaw: 'VK_LMENU', name: 'LALT', standardName: 'LEFT ALT' },
  name: 'LEFT ALT',
  state: 'DOWN',
  scanCode: 56,
  location: [ 0, 0 ],
  _raw: 'KEYBOARD,DOWN,164,56,0,0,15\r\nKEYBOARD,UP,164,56,0,0,16\r\n'
}
{
  vKey: 164,
  rawKey: { _nameRaw: 'VK_LMENU', name: 'LALT', standardName: 'LEFT ALT' },
  name: 'LEFT ALT',
  state: 'UP',
  scanCode: 56,
  location: [ 0, 0 ],
  _raw: 'KEYBOARD,DOWN,164,56,0,0,15\r\nKEYBOARD,UP,164,56,0,0,16\r\n'
}

As can be seen from above, name is 'LEFT ALT' instead of 'RIGHT ALT'

If I press right alt key on my keyboard manually, it will show

{
  vKey: 165,
  rawKey: { _nameRaw: 'VK_RMENU', name: 'RALT', standardName: 'RIGHT ALT' },
  name: 'RIGHT ALT',
  state: 'DOWN',
  scanCode: 56,
  location: [ 0, 0 ],
  _raw: 'KEYBOARD,DOWN,165,56,0,0,8084\r\n'
}
{
  vKey: 165,
  rawKey: { _nameRaw: 'VK_RMENU', name: 'RALT', standardName: 'RIGHT ALT' },
  name: 'RIGHT ALT',
  state: 'UP',
  scanCode: 56,
  location: [ 0, 0 ],
  _raw: 'KEYBOARD,UP,165,56,0,0,8085\r\n'
}

As can be seen from above, name is 'RIGHT ALT' . This matchs expectations so it should not be the bug of node-global-key-listener.

Then it should be robotjs that sends the wrong alt.

Context

The reason I want this bug to be fixed is that I want to set right alt for different usage from left alt. So I need to distinguish the two alt

Your Environment

• RobotJS version: 0.6.0
• Node.js version: 18.15.0
• npm version: 9.6.6
• Operating System: Windows 10