ArrowKey Handler in LiveCode 8?

[Mike Bonner]

If there isn't a focused object, arrowkey is supposed to be sent to the
card. This isn't happening in 8.

If you place an additional object (like a scrolling list field) onto the
card and click it so that it has focus, and then hit the arrow keys, your
object to move will behave as you expect.  arrowkey is sent to the focused
object, then passed up to the card. Its this bug.
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17470

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 1:24 PM, RM <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am beginning to wonder exactly HOW MUCH of the language has been changed,
> and what justifies such change.
>
> Richmond.
>
> On 7.05.2016 21:56, Scott Rossi wrote:
>
>> If you want to recreate the behavior of previous versions of LC, you can
>> do something like this:
>>
>> on arrowKey theKey
>>     if the selObj is empty then pass arrowKey
>>     put loc of the selObj into theLoc
>>     put 1 into D
>>     if the shiftkey is down then multiply D by 10
>>     switch theKey
>>         case "left"
>>             subtract D from item 1 of theLoc
>>             break
>>         case "right"
>>             add D to item 1 of theLoc
>>             break
>>         case "up"
>>             subtract D from item 2 of theLoc
>>             break
>>         case "down"
>>             add D to item 2 of theLoc
>>     end switch
>>     set loc of the selObj to theLoc
>> end arrowKey
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Scott Rossi
>> Creative Director
>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7.05.2016 01:07, JOHN PATTEN wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I was going to use the arrow keys to move an object, something like
>>>> what Devin wrote up a while ago:
>>>>
>>>> on arrowKey pWhich
>>>>     # determine some way to designate which object is to be nudged
>>>>     put the long id of btn "test" into tSelObj # for example
>>>>     switch pWhich
>>>>       case "left"
>>>>         put -1 into tXamount
>>>>         put 0 into tYamount
>>>>         break
>>>>       case "up"
>>>>         put 0 into tXamount
>>>>         put -1 into tYamount
>>>>         break
>>>>       case "right"
>>>>         put 1 into tXamount
>>>>         put 0 into tYamount
>>>>         break
>>>>       case "down"
>>>>         put 0 into tXamount
>>>>         put 1 into tYamount
>>>>         break
>>>>     end switch
>>>>     move tSelObj relative tXamount,tYamount
>>>> end arrowKey
>>>> Šand after a few tests in LiveCode 8, I can¹t get anything to budge
>>>> with the arrowkeys? I opened the same stack in LiveCode 7.06 and it
>>>> works fine. Something change or is this a bug in 8?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>
>>
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