arrowKey

[Mike Bonner]

I saw the other input for this problem, I'm thinking that checking
"keysdown()" for the arrow keycodes would be a more reliable solution
depending on your needs.

I swear I keep learning new things on this list and in the forums. Luckily
I have a horrible memory so I get the bonus of relearning the same thing
over and over!

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:13 AM, paolo mazza <mazzapaoloitaly at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thank you Mike,
> I was able to use your script.
> I realize that getting the arrows key is not as trivial as "get the
> mouse" or "get the optionKey".
> However your script works fine.
> Thanks a lot
> Paolo
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm sure this doesn't cover every possibility but will something like the
> > following work?
> >
> > -- in the card I put
> > on arrowKey pKey
> >   set the cKeyDown of this stack to pKey
> >   pass arrowKey
> > end arrowKey
> >
> > on rawKeyUp pKey
> >   if pKey is among the items of "65361,65362,65363,65364" then
> >      if the cKeyDown of this stack is not empty then set the cKeyDown of
> > this stack to empty
> >   end if
> >   pass rawKeyUp
> > end rawKeyUp
> >
> >
> > --And in a button I put
> > local tRunning
> > on mouseUp
> >   if tRunning is empty then put false into tRunning
> >   put not tRunning into tRunning
> >   checkarrow
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > command checkArrow
> >   if tRunning then
> >      switch (the cKeyDown of this stack is empty)
> >         case false
> >            put the cKeyDown of this stack
> >            break
> >         case true
> >            put "No Key is down"
> >            break
> >      end switch
> >      send checkArrow to me in 10 milliseconds
> >   end if
> > end checkArrow
> >
> > Depending on your needs this might be enough. It doesn't handle 2 arrow
> > keys being pressed (shouldn't be too bad to modify it so that you can
> > handle multiple arrow presses, instead of just checking against ALL arrow
> > keycodes could have a property for each direction keycode and only wipe
> out
> > the specific arrow key that is released)
> >
> > To test, set up the stack as described, click the button to start the
> > monitoring and then hit your keys. Should show results in the msg box.
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:51 AM, paolo mazza <mazzapaoloitaly at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >> how can I check if the "arrowKey up" is down or is up ?
> >>
> >> For example, for the option Key I can write .. if the optioKey is down
> >> then...,  for the mouse I can write ... if the mouse is down then ...
> >>
> >> What about  the arrow keys ?
> >>
> >> All the best
> >>
> >> Paolo
> >>
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