AW: rawKeyUp/Down give different keys for same char since LC 8

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi Mark,

I have been using the rawkey handlers for handling a password field, but since this seems to be unreliable for German characters I will rework my password field with Trevors "passwordFont" approach.

Thanks
Tiemo

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Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. März 2017 19:03
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Cc: Mark Waddingham <mark at livecode.com>
Betreff: Re: rawKeyUp/Down give different keys for same char since LC 8

Hi Tiemo,

On 2017-03-21 17:40, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode wrote:
> Testing on Win 10, IDE: up to LC 6.7 special chars, as German Umlaute 
> gave the same key in rawKeyUp and rawKeyDown, e.g.
> 
> ä = 39, ü = 59, ö = 96, ß = 91
> 
> in LC 8 and 9 the rawKeyUp are still the same, but in rawKeyDown I now
> get:
> 
> ä = 228, ü = 252, ö = 246, ß = 223
> 
> Is there any plausible explanation or reason why this had to be 
> changed, or is this a bug?

This looks like a bug to me - the key codes in rawKeyDown and rawKeyUp should match and be the code of the key, not the translated character.

Out of interest, what are you using the rawKey messages for?

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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