Late to this discussion but.. Polling (or maybe an external?) is the only real solution for this problem right?
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>wrote: > If I have this sort of script in my stack: > > on rawKeydown > if altKey() = down then > put "ALT down" into fld "AKD" > end if > end rawKeydown > > on Macintosh that ONLY WORKS if I am pressing an alphanumeric key while > holding the altKey down, > > it DOES NOT work if all I do is press the altKey. > > Now, Andre Garzia's advice went like this: > > "on rawKeydown, check for the altKey and change all the labels of the > buttons for the actions they will > perform if that key is down, this way, as soon as someone presses ALT, the > labels change and they know > what is happening." > > and this is NOT possible on Macintosh, while it is on Linux and Windows. > > Richmond. > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode