Keypress ctrl

[Dragonoftheworld]

Heyall

So I have this function in js file:

var iskeyheld = false;
  $( "body" ).on( "keydown", function(event) {
    if (event.ctrlKey){
      if (iskeyheld == false){
  console.log( "key is held" );
    iskeyheld = true;
     }
   }
 });
 $( "body" ).on( "keyup", function(event) {
   if (event.key === 'Control'){
   console.log( "key is released" );
     if (iskeyheld == true){
     console.log( "key is released" );
       iskeyheld = false;
     }
   }
 });

It detects "Key is held" but not both instances of "Key is released".
What am I doing wrong?

[KVonGit]

This is not a suggested answer, but it might help. There might already be a "keyup" that you can't override without unbinding it (or something like that -- someone more knowledgeable will probably chime in soon).

I find two places in the code that might be relevant:

quest/PlayerController/paper.js

Line 10116 in 7a03761

keyup: function(event) {

quest/Player/CefKeyboardHandler.vb

Line 9 in 7a03761

If type = KeyType.KeyUp Then

[KVonGit]

Hello.

No one else saved the day, so I decided to give this another shot.

if (event.key === 'Control'){

event.key is undefined when I hit CONTROL, but event.which is 17. So, I tried it this way, and it seems to work:

<!--Saved by Quest 5.8.6836.13983-->
<asl version="580">
  <include ref="English.aslx" />
  <include ref="Core.aslx" />
  <game name="Dragonoftheworld ctrl">
    <gameid>bbc8351c-21a2-4536-825f-467977bc61c2</gameid>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <firstpublished>2024</firstpublished>
    <feature_advancedscripts />
    <inituserinterface type="script">
      JS.eval ("var iskeyheld = false;  $('body').on('keydown', function(event) {    if (event.ctrlKey){      if (iskeyheld == false){  console.log('keydown: key is held');    iskeyheld = true;     }   } });  $('body').on('keyup', function(event) {   if (event.which === 17){   console.log('keyup: key is released');     if (iskeyheld == true){     console.log('keyup: key is released and iskeyheld');       iskeyheld = false;     }   } });")
    </inituserinterface>
  </game>
  <object name="room">
    <isroom />
    <object name="player">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="editor_player" />
    </object>
  </object>
</asl>

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NOTE: If I use a JS file instead of using game.inituserinterface, none of this works.

[Dragonoftheworld]

Hmm that's weird. Good thinking on event.which

function checkkeypress(){
var iskeyheld = false;
  $( "body" ).on( "keydown", function(event) {
    if (event.which === 17){
      if (iskeyheld == false){
  console.log( "key is held" );
    iskeyheld = true;
     }
   }
 });
 $( "body" ).on( "keyup", function(event) {
   if (event.which === 17){
   console.log( "key is released" );
     if (iskeyheld == true){
       iskeyheld = false;
     }
   }
 });
}

this works in JS file though.🤔

[KVonGit]

It might be because Quest 5.8 has such an old browser. The online player might have worked correctly with your original code.

(The browser in Quest 5.9 has been updated. So, we won't have to worry with such things before too long.)