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Re: Option key state
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Re: Option key state


  • Subject: Re: Option key state
  • From: Jens Bauer <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:57:35 +0100

Hi Josh,

(anyone, feel free to override my message with a Cocoa native solution)

On Mon, 11 Feb, 2002, Josh Aas <email@hidden> wrote:

> I need to test whether the option key is being held down or not when my
>application is launching. I only know how to check the option key's state
>from an NSEvent, but I don't really have one. I need to check the option
>key's state in the following method delegated by NSApplication.

As far as I remember, you can do this with Carbon; you can probably also
do it with Cocoa, if you didn't include Carbon already.

With Carbon, you have at least 2 options:
1: GetCurrentKeyModifiers
2: GetKeys

I'd suggest you use GetCurrentKeyModifiers, as it's the prettiest one.
GetKeys returns a map of the entire keyboard, which you would probably
not be interested in.

GetCurrentKeyModifiers returns a UInt32, which is the same format as the
one in the EventRecord.

if(result & (optionKey | rightOptionKey))
{
}

Should give you what you need in this case.


Love,
Jens

--
Jens Bauer, Faster Software.
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