# Triggers using Keyboard
From v1.4.0, you can use keyboard key presses as a trigger for activating content playback in the SMIL Playlist.
## Using keyboard to trigger content
### Define a trigger based on a key press sequence
- The `origin` is always set as `keyboard`.
- `data` defines the key sequence pressed on the keyboard (in the example below the trigger will become active if your
press 5 times `a`)
- The action is always set to `keyUp`.
You can define any number of triggers with various `data`. Each `data` has to be unique, and one `data` should not be
a substring of the other.
a substring of another.
```xml
data="aaaaa"
action="keyUp"
/>
```
### Define region for triggered content
Read more about regions for triggered content in the
the [Triggers article](https://docs.signageos.io/hc/en-us/articles/4405241368978).
```xml
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### Define content triggered by the keyboard trigger
```xml
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### Trigger duration
its possible to specify trigger duration either by **dur** attribute which takes values in seconds, or by **repeatCount
** attribute which counts each play of the trigger.
** attribute, which counts each play of the trigger.
```xml
```
### Trigger cancellation
By default, a trigger is canceled by itself when it's finished playing or by another trigger that was triggered later.
If
you want to cancel a trigger prematurely, without running any other trigger, you can specify the **end** attribute with
the same
value specified in **begin** attribute. This way when you press sequence to activate trigger which is already playing,
it will be canceled, and the SMIL player will resume the original playback.
```xml
```