I want to detect a keydown and a keyup when the user is not typing into
a field. Ideally, the key would be one of the control keys, or maybe the
space bar -- basically, I want a key that is easily accessible.
It looks like both keyup and rawkeyup are only sent if the character is
typed into a field. This stack has no editable fields. I just want to
know when the key goes down and when it comes back up again.
A keydown message is sent for various alpha characters at any time, but
not a keyup. So, for example, I could trap for the space bar going down,
but there is no way to poll to see if the key has been released, since
the keypress doesn't go to a field.
The commandKey, controlKey, optionKey, etc. messages are only sent when
coupled with another keyboard character. I don't want to use double
keyboard presses, so I can't use these.
In a perfect world, I'd like to use the shift key -- but this key by
itself doesn't trigger any messages at all, no matter what.
Any ideas?
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