Listen for key press in .NET console app

Question

How can I continue to run my console application until a key press (like Esc is pressed?)

I\'m assuming its wrapped around a while loop. I don\'t like

Answer 1

with below code you can listen SpaceBar pressing , in middle of your console execution and pause until another key is pressed and also listen for EscapeKey for breaking the main loop

static ConsoleKeyInfo cki = new ConsoleKeyInfo();


while(true) {
      if (WaitOrBreak()) break;
      //your main code
}

 private static bool WaitOrBreak(){
        if (Console.KeyAvailable) cki = Console.ReadKey(true);
        if (cki.Key == ConsoleKey.Spacebar)
        {
            Console.Write("waiting..");
            while (Console.KeyAvailable == false)
            {
                Thread.Sleep(250);Console.Write(".");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.ReadKey(true);
            cki = new ConsoleKeyInfo();
        }
        if (cki.Key == ConsoleKey.Escape) return true;
        return false;
    }