Trapping multiple keystrokes

[Paul Dupuis]

On 12/1/2017 1:00 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
> On 12/1/2017 12:52 PM, Kaveh Bazargan via use-livecode wrote:
>> I have a field with a number in it. when focused, I want the value to go up
>> and down with the up/down arrow keys. The trouble is that if I keep the key
>> down, it traps multiple keydown messages that continue after the key is
>> released.
>>
>> How can I ensure that message are terminated as soon as arrow key is
>> released?
>>
> look at the dictionary entries for 'the pendingMessages' and the
> 'cancel' command
>
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what you actually want is flushEvents(eventType) -- see dictionary


just execute flushEvents("autoKey") when you handler is done to clear
extraneous arrowkey messages