Console ReadKey async or callback?

Question

I am trying to do a press Q to quit thing in the console window. I dont like my current implementation. Is there a way i can async or use a callback to get keys from the con

Answer 1

Taking from all the answers here, this is my version:

public class KeyHandler
{
    public event EventHandler KeyEvent;

    public void WaitForExit()
    {
        bool exit = false;
        do
        {
            var key = Console.ReadKey(true); //blocks until key event
            switch (key.Key)
            {
                case ConsoleKey.Q:
                    exit = true;
                    break;
               case ConsoleKey.T:
                    // raise a custom event eg: Increase throttle
                    break;
            }
        }
        while (!exit);
    }
}


static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var worker = new MyEventDrivenClassThatDoesCoolStuffByItself();
    worker.Start();

    var keyHandler = new KeyHandler();
    keyHandler.KeyEvent+= keyHandler_KeyEvent; // modify properties of your worker
    keyHandler.WaitForExit();
}

• It doesn't require Main to do anything in a loop, allowing it to simply orchestrate between handling keys and manipulating properties of the worker class.
• Taking the hint from @Hans, the KeyHandler doesn't need to async up a new thread since Console.ReadKey blocks until a key is received.