Generic behavior to detect if the key has been pressed

 

Compatibilities: Required Xtras: KeyboardControl Xtra Standard

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Checks if the key has beed pressed during the time period between two events (mouse clicks). Very useful if you need to have statistics of keyboard usage.

-- Generic behavior to detect if the key has been pressed -- KeyboardControl Xtra 1.1 or later required property Key on getPropertyDescriptionList   set description = [:]   addProp description, #Key, [#default: "", #format:#string, #comment:"Key to check for keystroke:"]   return description end on getBehaviorDescription   return "Checks if the key has beed pressed during the time period between mouse clicks" end on mouseDown   detectKey end on detectKey   set Ok = KeyboardControlKeyBeenPressed(Key)   if getAt(Ok,1) = 0 then     case getAt(Ok,3) of       0: set WasPressed = False       1: set WasPressed = True     end case     if WasPressed = True then       alert ("The " & Key & " key WAS PRESSED since the last click")     else       alert ("The " & Key & " key WAS NOT PRESSED since the last click")     end if   else     -- An error has occured, show error code     alert("Error: " & getAt(Ok,1) & " - base error code")   end if end