[Flashcoders] Key.CAPSLOCK woes.
Perhaps a more detailed explanation will help explain the problem.
On the Mac, if the capslock key is not toggled and not down, the
Key.onKeyDown event is triggered when the key is pressed. While the
key is held down both isDown and isToggled return true. When the key
is released the onKeyUp event is not called and the isDown and
isToggled methods still return true.
When the caps lock key is pressed again the Key.onKeyUp event is
triggered even though the key is being pressed, not released. While
the key is held down both isDown and isToggled return false. When the
key is released no key event is triggered.
Though the isToggled method returns the correct boolean value in all
cases, the isDown method is not accurate. When I publish the SWF for
v8 and test in on Mac OS X (Flash authoring tool, Safari and Firefox)
it functions in the way that is outlined above. This makes it
impossible to track whether the caps lock key is up or down. I don't
have access to a PC to test this and see if it functions in the same
way.
Has anyone experienced this before? More importantly does anyone have
a solution? It is critical I be able to track the up/down state of
this key for a project.
Thanks.
Daniel
Hi,
the isDown call traces true when i test it here, the isToggled
traces false (both when holding down capslock ofcourse).
Tested on xp, flash 8
Just to be sure, 'disable keyboard shortcuts' doesnt have anything
to do with it?
When i do:
Key.addListener(this);
this.onKeyUp = function () {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.CAPSLOCK) trace ("caps up");
}
it shows 'caps up' just fine.
greetz
Hans
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Re: [Flashcoders] Key.CAPSLOCK woes.
Hi,
the isDown call traces true when i test it here, the isToggled traces false
(both when holding down capslock ofcourse).
Tested on xp, flash 8
Just to be sure, 'disable keyboard shortcuts' doesnt have anything to do
with it?
When i do:
Key.addListener(this);
this.onKeyUp = function () {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.CAPSLOCK) trace ("caps up");
}
it shows 'caps up' just fine.
greetz
Hans
On 7/25/06, Daniel Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Long time Flasher with the discovery of a simple issue that appears
> to be a show stopper. I have never had any issues with keyboard
> input, but can't seem to detect whether the caps lock key is held
> down. These two trace actions consistently return the same Boolean
> value based on the toggled state of the caps lock key:
>
> function onEnterFrame() {
>trace(Key.isDown(Key.CAPSLOCK));
>trace(Key.isToggled(Key.CAPSLOCK));
> }
>
> I can only test on the Mac at the moment, but when I test the SWF in
> the Flash debug player or through the Flash plugin I get the same
> results. Both of those trace actions return true if the key is
> toggled, and false if it is not. Even more frustrating is that the
> caps lock key does not trigger a Key.onKeyUp event when it is
> released – if it did it would be possible to workaround the problem.
>
> Has anyone else encountered this problem or discovered a solution? Is
> this a Mac only bug? Does anyone know if screentime or an equivalent
> application can workaround not being able to accurately detect key
> events with the caps lock key?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Daniel Barber___
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[Flashcoders] Key.CAPSLOCK woes.
Long time Flasher with the discovery of a simple issue that appears
to be a show stopper. I have never had any issues with keyboard
input, but can't seem to detect whether the caps lock key is held
down. These two trace actions consistently return the same Boolean
value based on the toggled state of the caps lock key:
function onEnterFrame() {
trace(Key.isDown(Key.CAPSLOCK));
trace(Key.isToggled(Key.CAPSLOCK));
}
I can only test on the Mac at the moment, but when I test the SWF in
the Flash debug player or through the Flash plugin I get the same
results. Both of those trace actions return true if the key is
toggled, and false if it is not. Even more frustrating is that the
caps lock key does not trigger a Key.onKeyUp event when it is
released – if it did it would be possible to workaround the problem.
Has anyone else encountered this problem or discovered a solution? Is
this a Mac only bug? Does anyone know if screentime or an equivalent
application can workaround not being able to accurately detect key
events with the caps lock key?
Thanks.
Daniel Barber___
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