Where are the Arduino libraries?

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I am using Window 7 and there is no "ArduinoParty" folder on my system.
My system has a My Documents\Arduino\libraries\ but it is missing the "ArduinoParty".
I am interested in viewing the Keyboard library in particular http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/MouseKeyboard

Where are the Arduino libraries?
The only reliable reference is the Arduino source code.

Thank you.

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but it is missing the "ArduinoParty".

Personally, I have no idea what you are talking about, or why you think there should be a ArduinoParty directory in your sketch folder's libraries directory.

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Hi Paul,

The Arduino Libary Guide says "ArduinoParty" is the place to manually install libraries: http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries
But I apparently that's not relevant.

I am new to Arduino and trying to figure out where things are.
The Keyboard library is working on my Arduino IDE.
Where can I view the library's source code?

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wolfv:
Hi Paul,

The Arduino Libary Guide says "ArduinoParty" is the place to manually install libraries: http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries

That's not what it says. ArduinoParty is just an example name of a library they are using. The relavent part is here:

Drag the ArduinoParty folder into this folder (your libraries folder). Under Windows, it will likely be called "My Documents\Arduino\libraries". For Mac users, it will likely be called "Documents/Arduino/libraries". On Linux, it will be the "libraries" folder in your sketchbook.

Although, this is outside the scope of your question as you aren't trying to install a library, you're trying to view the source of a library that ships with the IDE. Why not simply try searching for "Keyboard.h" on your computer to see where the file is located?

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Hi Arrch,

A search of my hard drive found no "Keyboard.h"; perhaps the Arduino IDE default Arduino libraries are only object code.
A goolge search of "Keyboard.h" arduino, found many Keyboard projects on GitHub.
The official Arduino libraries are on https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/tree/master/libraries
But searching this repository didn't find any code matching 'keyboard.h'

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I'm not aware of a Keyboard.h file with the IDE.

You might be wanting to examine the Keyboard class? If so, that is in the USBAPI.h and HID.cpp files in hardware/arduino/cores/arduino folder inside the IDE installation.

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majenko:
I'm not aware of a Keyboard.h file with the IDE.

I mistakenly assumed it would be in a Keyboard.h file.