# Perspective Key Event Regex New Line

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 2, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-key-event-regex-new-line/51553 "2021-10-02T06:01:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-key-event-regex-new-line/51553/7 "2021-10-07T16:18:30Z")

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Ugh, you’re right, there _is_ something strange here. It seems that the regex is matching against some string representation of the typed key, not the actual underlying character. A regex like this works when you press enter:  
`.+(Enter)`  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/4/f496dc49ae86ea07d23a53fe2e0ec3193462c408.png)

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