Actually, nevermind, the scroll wheel on my system doesn't trigger an arrow key press, but the arrowkeys are indeed picked up by keysdown. My apologies. :)
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the scroll wheel sends arrow keys, but since there isn't a > "rawkeysdown()" function to match the keysdown() function it would require > either an external or the function to be added with livecode builder. At > which point I wonder.. Is there a way to hook in to the system timer? (the > one that decides if the screensaver/sleep mode should activate.) > > No clue how to access such a thing. (Could go with the simple method and > request a rawkeysdown() feature) > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Terry Vogelaar <tvogel...@de-mare.nl> > wrote: > >> I’m working on a productivity & RSI prevention app. So I want to notice >> activity while my project is not the frontmost application. Thanks to a >> very helpful list member, my LiveCode stack can detect key strokes (the >> keysdown is not empty) and mouse clicks (the mouse is down). I added mouse >> movement to that (the screenMouseLoc). >> >> But how do I catch usage of the mouse scroll wheel? There is a lot of >> scrolling (and not much else) going on when viewing a website like Facebook >> or Twitter. So my app would consider that to be a ‘pause’. >> >> >> With kind regards, >> Terry Vogelaar >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
