Problems with Rev and Apple's Bluetooth wireless keyboard (??)

[Jim MacConnell]

All,

I have a 17" PB with a Bluetooth keyboard and shift, option and  
control key downs work just fine in mouse up handlers..... So it  
isn't a generic problem. It's true that some? bluetooth devices won't  
wake a Mac up if its asleep (as it has to be alert to listen) but  
other than that it shouldn't matter.

Jim


On Jun 10, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> Recently, Howard Bornstein  wrote:
>
>
>>> I would bet the Bluetooth keyboard is saving power by not  
>>> transmitting
>>> any info to let the machine know when "unimportant" keys such as  
>>> shift,
>>> option, etc. are depressed and released. It probably only sends that
>>> info when a "real" key - i.e. one which represents a character - is
>>> pressed.
>>>
>>
>> Ugh. This would be bad. I often use a "if the shiftkey is down" or an
>> "if the optionkey is down" in a mouseup handler to provide special
>> features. If you're right, this will no longer work for wireless
>> keyboard users.
>>
>
> I empathize with you.  Did you try investigating rawKeyDown to see  
> if *any*
> messages are sent?  Hopefully you will find a workaround.
>
> I recently endured some significant headaches (and subsequent  
> embarrassment)
> from a client demo that refused to work on Windows.  Had to get  
> everything
> working on a Mac at the last minute and apologize to the client for  
> the
> apparent lack of functionality in Rev.  After many hours of testing/ 
> hair
> pulling, the issue turned out to be a malfunctioning keyboard that  
> I only
> thought to check on a whim, after much help from this list.
>
> When faced with issues like these, the "Reasons You're A Software  
> Developer"
> offer little comfort.  It just goes to show that whatever you build  
> will
> *never* work on every system out there and there is no substitute  
> for, as
> Klaus Major says, "Test, test, test".
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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