Difference between revisions of "Getkey"
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| Returns a boolean based upon whether a key or key combination as specified by the string str is depressed or not.  The key-specifier string str can contain A-Z, 0-9, F1-F12 and ESC, BACK, TAB, ENTER, CAPS, SPACE, PGDN, PGUP, END, HOME, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, INS, DEL, NUM, SCROLL, CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT. | Returns a boolean based upon whether a key or key combination as specified by the string str is depressed or not.  The key-specifier string str can contain A-Z, 0-9, F1-F12 and ESC, BACK, TAB, ENTER, CAPS, SPACE, PGDN, PGUP, END, HOME, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, INS, DEL, NUM, SCROLL, CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT. | ||
| + | Warning: since getkey is based on [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646293%28VS.85%29.aspx GetAsyncKeyState], this function will register a currently depressed key regardless of what application is in the foreground. | ||
| − | + |   local keys = {'ESC', 'BACK', 'TAB', 'ENTER', 'CAPS', 'SPACE', 'PGDN', 'PGUP', 'END', 'HOME', | |
| − | + |     'LEFT', 'RIGHT', 'UP', 'DOWN', 'INS', 'DEL', 'NUM', 'SCROLL', 'CTRL', 'ALT', 'SHIFT'} | |
| + |   while true do | ||
| + |     for i = 1,#keys,1 do | ||
| + |       if getkey(keys[i]) then print(keys[i]) wait(10) end | ||
| + |     end | ||
| + |   end | ||
| [[Getmouse]] | [[Getmouse]] | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 15 July 2012
local bpressed = getkey(str)
Returns a boolean based upon whether a key or key combination as specified by the string str is depressed or not. The key-specifier string str can contain A-Z, 0-9, F1-F12 and ESC, BACK, TAB, ENTER, CAPS, SPACE, PGDN, PGUP, END, HOME, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, INS, DEL, NUM, SCROLL, CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT.
Warning: since getkey is based on GetAsyncKeyState, this function will register a currently depressed key regardless of what application is in the foreground.
 local keys = {'ESC', 'BACK', 'TAB', 'ENTER', 'CAPS', 'SPACE', 'PGDN', 'PGUP', 'END', 'HOME',
   'LEFT', 'RIGHT', 'UP', 'DOWN', 'INS', 'DEL', 'NUM', 'SCROLL', 'CTRL', 'ALT', 'SHIFT'}
 while true do
   for i = 1,#keys,1 do
     if getkey(keys[i]) then print(keys[i]) wait(10) end
   end
 end
