Em qui., 4 de dez. de 2025 às 20:54, Oliver <[email protected]> escreveu:

> I know about IEMGUT's [receivecanvas]


there's also [else/canvas.edit] which gives you specifically that.



> but only for that specific canvas, in which the object resides.
> A general method to query PD's overall editmode state would be great,


The problem is that this is a canvas specific message, but I guess you can
use this information for a global on/off anyway.



> maybe as a message to the [pdcontrol] object (like the "isvisible"
> message) ?
>
> BACKGROUND: I am controlling a quite intense PD patch with the keyboard.
> Unfortunately all my keystrokes are also getting "read" when I'm in
> editmode, causing quite a chaos (unless i deactivate the [key] object.
> Would be great to be able to automate this.
>

[else/canvas.edit] and [receivecanvas] have a depth argument, so they can
query the edit status of parent windows. This is what I use for something
that is kinda like what you have and works for me.

cheers
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