# server_client_handle_key

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server-client.c#L1333
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server_client_handle_key/

```c
int server_client_handle_key(struct client *c, struct key_event *event)
```

## Parameters

- `c` (`struct client *`)
- `event` (`struct key_event *`)

## Called by

- [`server_client_click_timer`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server-client-c-server_client_click_timer/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server-client.c#L1779)
- [`tty_keys_next`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-tty_keys_next/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/tty-keys.c#L833)

## Calls

- [`cmdq_append`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmdq_append/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server-client.c#L1374)
- [`server_client_clear_overlay`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server_client_clear_overlay/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server-client.c#L1358)
- [`status_message_clear`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status_message_clear/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server-client.c#L1351)
- [`status_prompt_key`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status_prompt_key/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server-client.c#L1364)

## Other function references

- [`server_client_key_callback`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server-client-c-server_client_key_callback/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`client`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client/) (struct)
- [`CLIENT_READONLY`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-client_readonly/) (constant)
- [`CLIENT_UNATTACHEDFLAGS`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-client_unattachedflags/) (constant)
- [`cmdq_get_callback`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-cmdq_get_callback/) (constant)
- [`client.flags`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-flags/) (attribute)
- [`key_event.key`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-key_event-key/) (attribute)
- [`key_event`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-key_event/) (struct)
- [`client.message_ignore_keys`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-message_ignore_keys/) (attribute)
- [`client.message_string`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-message_string/) (attribute)
- [`client.overlay_key`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-overlay_key/) (attribute)
- [`client.prompt_string`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-prompt_string/) (attribute)
- [`client.session`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-session/) (attribute)