Many thanks, Cole. Indeed, it was my custom menus that intercepted the
Command+Key peypresses. As soon as I added menu commands for these
keypresses, everything was right. (This is with D8 under Mac.)
I love this list!
Slava
At 12:23 PM 6/18/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>A custom menubar in Director 5 would block command key combinations. Not
>sure if this is still true. A workaround is to add an untitled menu and
>put menu items in it for all the command key combos you're interested in.
>Not a satisfying solution, but it works.
>
>Is this any help?
>Cole
>
>>I have trouble detecting (the commandDown) in a keyDown handler in a MIAW
>>that is started by a projector. The alternative Buddy API call to
>>beKeyIsDown(15) also fails. I know Director intercepts the Cmd+
>>combinations, but I think they're supposed to be availabe in projectors.
>>
>>This is in D8 on a Mac, in a MIAW that's started by a projector,
>>with Message window open for testing:
>>
>>(behavior attached to a text member sprite)
>>on keyDown
>> put the commandDown
>> put baKeyIsDown(15)
>>end
>>
>>When I press a key w/o holding down Command, the 0 is displayed, as I
>>expect. But when I hold down the Command key and press a key, nothing is
>>displayed in the Message window, as if the keyDown handler isn't even
>>called. If I change that to:
>>
>>on keyDown
>> put the shiftDown
>>end
>>
>>I do get the expected result: if I hold the Shift down as I press another
>>key, 1 is displayed in the Message wndow. Same for the controlDown. But not
>>for the commandDown.
>>
>>What am I doing wrong?
>>Slava
>
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