Check if a key is down, and which one is

External Since: Jul 03, 2003 Posts: 17

Hi,

Can anyone help with a Hypertalk question?

I want to check if a key is down and, if yes, which key is (or are).
Something like "if the shiftKey is down". Actually I want to write a
'launcher' stack with a script along the following lines:

on openStack
if Akey is down then -- well, the idea is to see if the 'A' key is down
open applicationA
endif
if Gkey is down then open applicationG
if Zkey is down then open applicationZ
etc...
end openStack

The idea is to put this stack in the startup folder, and hold the key(s)
corresponding to the application(s) I want to launch at startup while the
Mac is booting.

Ideally, it would be nice if I could check for several keys that are held
down together (up to 10, as that's the number of my fingers :-)

The 'keydown' handler won't do, it's got to be a test in the openStack
handler. I can't find a hypertalk command for this.
--
Fjordur

External Since: Jan 02, 2004 Posts: 5

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In article <BE1EFE74.1EDE%fjordur@free.fr>, Fjordur <fjordur RemoveThis @free.fr>
wrote:

> I want to check if a key is down and, if yes, which key is (or are).
> Something like "if the shiftKey is down". Actually I want to write a
> 'launcher' stack with a script along the following lines:

> Ideally, it would be nice if I could check for several keys that are held
> down together (up to 10, as that's the number of my fingers :-)

I have a KeyMap XCMD which does what you need.

I'll email it to you.

Harry.