I saw the other input for this problem, I'm thinking that checking "keysdown()" for the arrow keycodes would be a more reliable solution depending on your needs.
I swear I keep learning new things on this list and in the forums. Luckily I have a horrible memory so I get the bonus of relearning the same thing over and over! On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:13 AM, paolo mazza <mazzapaoloit...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thank you Mike, > I was able to use your script. > I realize that getting the arrows key is not as trivial as "get the > mouse" or "get the optionKey". > However your script works fine. > Thanks a lot > Paolo > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure this doesn't cover every possibility but will something like the > > following work? > > > > -- in the card I put > > on arrowKey pKey > > set the cKeyDown of this stack to pKey > > pass arrowKey > > end arrowKey > > > > on rawKeyUp pKey > > if pKey is among the items of "65361,65362,65363,65364" then > > if the cKeyDown of this stack is not empty then set the cKeyDown of > > this stack to empty > > end if > > pass rawKeyUp > > end rawKeyUp > > > > > > --And in a button I put > > local tRunning > > on mouseUp > > if tRunning is empty then put false into tRunning > > put not tRunning into tRunning > > checkarrow > > end mouseUp > > > > command checkArrow > > if tRunning then > > switch (the cKeyDown of this stack is empty) > > case false > > put the cKeyDown of this stack > > break > > case true > > put "No Key is down" > > break > > end switch > > send checkArrow to me in 10 milliseconds > > end if > > end checkArrow > > > > Depending on your needs this might be enough. It doesn't handle 2 arrow > > keys being pressed (shouldn't be too bad to modify it so that you can > > handle multiple arrow presses, instead of just checking against ALL arrow > > keycodes could have a property for each direction keycode and only wipe > out > > the specific arrow key that is released) > > > > To test, set up the stack as described, click the button to start the > > monitoring and then hit your keys. Should show results in the msg box. > > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:51 AM, paolo mazza <mazzapaoloit...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > >> how can I check if the "arrowKey up" is down or is up ? > >> > >> For example, for the option Key I can write .. if the optioKey is down > >> then..., for the mouse I can write ... if the mouse is down then ... > >> > >> What about the arrow keys ? > >> > >> All the best > >> > >> Paolo > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode