How fast is your OSes keyboard input?

[SMcNeill]

Getting 31 holding the button down on my laptop or remote keyboard.  The first second can sometimes report as few as 5 reads.  It depends on when you ask the computer?

There's two settings which apply for a key's repeat rate:  time until repeat, time between repeat.  

If you think about it for just a moment, it makes perfect sense.  You don't want someone who's a little slow and lethargic to slowly *tik* down on a key, and then have it repeat for them before they *tok* it back up.  There's an initial period for how long the key has to be down, before it starts to repeat.  You can access these controls in the "Keyboard Settings" in your control panel.



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So that first report counts the delay *before* repeat starts to kick in, and then the OS's repeat rate determines what the result will be after that, once it starts repeating the presses.

And that's why you're seeing the difference in the first round of figures and the rest when running the test.