# Input::Text event produces weird output

**URL:** <https://discourse.piston.rs/t/input-text-event-produces-weird-output/145>\
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**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.piston.rs/t/input-text-event-produces-weird-output/145 "2017-10-05T01:58:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.piston.rs/t/input-text-event-produces-weird-output/145/1 "2017-10-05T01:58:45Z")

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Hi,  
Is this supposed to happen? When I look at the text in `Input::Text` events, everything works correctly if I’m just hitting regular keys like `a`, `b`, `c`, etc. but if I hit `Ctrl` + any of those keys, I start to get `Text("\u{1}")`, `Text("\u{2}")`, `Text("\u{2}")`.

What can I do to reliably get the text of the current key being pressed?