How to handle key press event in console application

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For console application you can do this, the do while loop runs untill you press x

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        ConsoleKeyInfo keyinfo;
        do
        {
            keyinfo = Console.ReadKey();
            Console.WriteLine(keyinfo.Key + " was pressed");
        }
        while (keyinfo.Key != ConsoleKey.X);
    }
}

This will only work if your console application has focus. If you want to gather system wide key press events you can use windows hooks

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