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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Capture keyboard input without textboxes - tier 1

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MobileCreator
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Posted: 28th Aug 2013 17:01
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Is there a way to capture keyboard input without having a textbox in tier 1?

I wonder if there is a cross-platform solution for that?

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Paulo

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Markus
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Posted: 28th Aug 2013 17:26
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you mean with virtual keyboard?
i believe Open/Close virtual Keyboard commands are missing.
a virtual keyboard you can make self with sprites or a simple image.
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Posted: 28th Aug 2013 17:37
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Thanks for the reply, Markus.

That's too bad because it has to use the built in keyboard, either virtual or physical (in case of Blackberry Q10).

Other than opening and closing the keyboard, do you know if as long as it is open, the BASIC can capture the key events as the user types?

Thanks again


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Posted: 28th Aug 2013 19:20
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Create a textbox, Position it offscreen, then use setfocus to activate it.


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Posted: 28th Aug 2013 19:48
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You can detect keys being touched on the keyboard without having an edit box of any sort up.

GetRawKeyPressed checks for specific keys being pressed. And there are other commands, like GetRawLastKey to get the last key pressed.

But they only work on platforms with physical keyboards. You can check for a keyboard that is readable with the GetKeyboardExists command.

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Posted: 28th Aug 2013 19:49
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Hm, that's clever! I will try it out.

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Posted: 28th Aug 2013 20:09
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The main use will be on mobile, so the GetRawXXXX commands won't work for me.

Following Mobiius idea, I wrote this and it will work for what I'm planning:



Now I just need to test it on the physical kb device.

Thanks for all ideas!

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