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Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 01:53:18 GMT

Oh, that's interesting. I wonder if the "keydownscript" would work any different. It's worth a try if you haven't already. (the keydownscript = "myNewScript")

Or the next thing to try would be to see if the stage was still getting those keys. I know the MIAW normally would get the keydowns sent to it, but maybe the command keys are for some reason bypassing the MIAW. And if it is, then you have to figure out a way to get the stage to tell the MIAW what's going on.

I haven't had time to test any of this myself yet.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:51:20 GMT

Well, it seems it is only an issue for MIAW. When I run the test movie in a window (opened in a window from a stub movie) I get the same issue.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 01:46:13 GMT

Strange, I tried a new movie using your script and it all works fine. I tried setting editShortCutsEnabled in my application and it still doesn't work. I added an alert to the top of my keyDown script and it's not even triggered so whatever is interfering with it is stopping the event before it even gets there, but only with the commandDown.

This is in OSX 10.5.8 and in 10.9.2

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:02:09 GMT

I am on Mavericks 10.9.2 but it has been an issue on previous versions.

I wasn't aware of the editShortCutsEnabled property. I will give that a try and see if that is the problem. Thanks for the suggestion rduane.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:38:42 GMT

Hmm. I just created a new movie with nothing in it except for the following script, and it worked as expected. I am using OSX version 10.7.5 and Director 11.5, what about you? Also, are you familiar with the _movie.editShortCutsEnabled? Are you sure that the script you are writing is necessary?

My test script:

on exitFrame me

go to the frame

end

on keyDown

if _key.commandDown then

case _key.key of

"c": alert "command-c"

"x": alert "command-x"

end case

end if

end keydown

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:17:30 GMT

Yes the issue came to light in a projector. In Director itself the command key shortcuts trigger the preset Director shortcuts.

Re: Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:00:02 GMT

Have you tested in a projector?

Triggering keyDown while commandDown in OSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 05:55:20 GMT

I use the keyDown event to trigger various conventional keyboard shortcuts such as ctrl-c to copy, ctrl-v to paste. The problem is that in OSX the command key blocks the keyDown event in Director so instead of the OSX convention of command-c I have to instead use control-c. I can test the key events in a frame script and verify the _key.commandDown flag but the normal keyDown event is never triggered while the command key is pressed. Is there some workaround or setting to get this to work as expected? Or perhaps a different event which will work the same as the keyDown?