Sending keyDown

[Richard Gaskin]

DunbarX wrote:
> Just when I was thinking I had the differences between HC and Rev down, I 
> stumble.
> 
> I have an editable field with this handler:
> 
> on keyDown var
>    send "keydown" && var to this stack
>    put var
> end keyDown
> 
> In HC, any text I type gets placed into the field, so typing works 
> normally, but then I can do stuff with the last char, like put it into the msg box. 
> Actually, in HC, I say "to Hypercard", but it makes no difference.
> 
> But in Rev I get an error message stating that Rev "can't find handler near 
> "keyDown".
>
> Can't wait to see where this divergence between the two lies...

Oddly enough, the dispatch command works well here (provided you're 
using v3.5):

on keyDown var
   dispatch "keydown" to this stack with var
   put var
end keyDown


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