Just tried it using a send loop. local sRunning, sMouseLoc
on mouseUp if sRunning is empty then put false into sRunning put not sRunning into sRunning set the label of me to "Running: " & sRunning startloop end mouseUp command startLoop if sRunning then put the keysdown & cr put the mouseloc after msg send "startloop" to me in 50 millisec end if end startLoop I set the msg box where I can see it, clicked my button to toggle the loop on, and as i'm typing this, if I move the mouse, the mouseloc is updating, and every key I press pops up. Will this do what you want? Should be a simple thing to track the mouseloc and compare it to the previous hit, 50 millisec is probably more often than you need the check too. And you can check to see if the keysdown is empty. If its empty enough times in a row, and the mouseloc doesn't change in the same period, you can guess the person is afk. (though, if they go face down on the keyboard all bets are off) On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:08 PM, tbodine <bod...@bodinetraininggames.com> wrote: > Hi All. > > I'm working on a "get up and move" reminder app that needs to be aware when > the user is working at the machine. Can a LC standalone (on Mac) detect key > and mouse actions while LC is in the background? > > In my tests so far, it doesn't. Suggestions welcome! > > Thanks, > Tom Bodine > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Detecting-key-and-mouse-actions-in-the-background-tp4688595.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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