Keyboard Pause

Keyboard Pause is a simple Windows keyboard blocker for cleaning your laptop, keyboard, touchpad, or desk setup. Open the app, pause input, clean safely, then unlock when you are done.

It can block keyboard input, touchpad/mouse input, or both at the same time.

Download And Install

1. Go to the latest GitHub release.
2. Download the release .zip.
3. Extract the .zip.
4. Open Keyboard Pause Setup 0.1.0.exe.
5. Follow the installer.
6. Start Keyboard Pause from the Desktop shortcut or the Start Menu.

The installer creates shortcuts named Keyboard Pause.

How To Use

1. Open Keyboard Pause.
2. Choose Block keyboard, Block touchpad, or Block both.
3. Clean your device.
4. Unlock input when finished.

You can unlock in three ways:

• Click Unlock all.
• Wait for the auto-unlock timer.
• Press Ctrl + Alt + U.

Remember Ctrl + Alt + U before starting a cleaning session.

What It Blocks

• Block keyboard blocks physical keyboard input.
• Block touchpad blocks Windows pointer input, including touchpads and external mice.
• Block both blocks keyboard and pointer input together.

Windows Notes

Keyboard Pause uses a small Windows helper to block input with low-level Windows hooks.

Some administrator windows may ignore input blocking from a non-admin app. If you need Keyboard Pause to work over elevated admin windows, run it as administrator.

For Developers

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run locally:

npm start

Build the Windows installer and portable app:

npm run dist

Build output is written to dist/.

The files normal users need are:

• Keyboard Pause Setup 0.1.0.exe
• Keyboard Pause 0.1.0.exe

Do not ask normal users to download the source code zip unless they know how to use Node.js and npm.

Project Structure

native/InputLock.ps1        Windows input hook helper
scripts/start.ps1           Local development launcher
scripts/prepare-icon.ps1    Builds the Windows icon from the PNG logo
src/main.js                 Electron main process
src/preload.js              IPC bridge
src/renderer/               App UI
src/assets/keyboard.png     App logo

License

MIT

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