ArrowKey Handler in LiveCode 8?

Mike Bonner bonnmike at gmail.com
Sat May 7 15:40:44 EDT 2016


I didn't file it, just went looking for one and there it was.

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 1:39 PM, RM <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Glad you filed that bug report, as arrowKeys not being sent to a card would
> be a real B*mmer. Thanks.
>
> Richmond.
>
> On 7.05.2016 22:30, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> 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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