Hello,
I am new to Pure Data and I am currently creating a patch that uses the "Key" object to receive my computer keyboard and output it as midi. I am using Windows 10.

The patch is working fine apart from one issue, Pure Data only receives my computer keyboard when the Pure Data window is selected. I would like to be able to have Pure data running in the background so I can use the patch with Ableton and other music software.

Is there a way to get around this and make Pure Data receive my computer keyboard constantly instead of just when the window is selected?

@Jasper Unfortunately not. The operating system sends the keystrokes to the focused window (stops you typing an email while typing into a spread-sheet ).
Pd cannot grab keystrokes when unfocused.
If you have a cheap old second computer you could set that to send the midi from its keyboard, but a real midi keyboard is probably the cheapest option.
David.

Okay, Thank you anyway.