strange keycodes and some missing [solved]

flashjaysan · July 2018

I was wandering in the documentation and found some strange keycodes. What are those :
KeyCode.BACK, KeyCode.CENTER, KeyCode.L1, KeyCode.MENU, KeyCode.R1, KeyCode.SEARCH, KeyCode.SELECT, KeyCode.START

Also, how do I check for Return/Enter, Space and Escape keys? Are there any keycode for those?
What about non alphanumeric characters like "." or ":"?

As a final minor note, the KeyCode.R section is missing.

oleg · July 2018

run and press the buttons

local function onKeyDown(event)
 
 
	 if event.keyCode==0 then 
               print("error") 
         else
              print( "KeyCode=",event.keyCode)
         end
end
 
 
 
stage:addEventListener(Event.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown)

flashjaysan · July 2018

Thanks but I wasn't asking about using those constants but what they define.

oleg · July 2018

1."KeyCode.BACK, KeyCode.CENTER, KeyCode.L1, KeyCode.MENU, KeyCode.R1, KeyCode.SEARCH, KeyCode.SELECT, KeyCode.START" - phone buttons

2."Also, how do I check for Return/Enter, Space and Escape keys? Are there any keycode for those?
What about non alphanumeric characters like "." or ":"?" --see my example above

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flashjaysan · July 2018

So those are phone specific inputs. Not keyboard keys but phone/tablet buttons. Great!
Do those buttons work on Event.KEY_DOWN or Event.MOUSE_DOWN?
Thanks.
Does the keyboard mapping works with french or other azerty keyboards?

Also, it means that for non constant defined keys, I'll have to use the realCode property instead of the keyCode one. Am I right?

keszegh · July 2018

yes, check what the realCode is for a key and then it will be the same on other machines.
also be aware that these register the keys and so e.g. lowercase/uppercase have the same realCode.

oleg · July 2018

"Do those buttons work on Event.MOUSE_DOWN?"

No

flashjaysan · July 2018

So phone buttons are considered keyboard inputs then?

oleg · July 2018

yes

SinisterSoft · July 2018

Some phones also have buttons like x and y fire buttons (like older sony phones).

hgy29 · July 2018

Some of those key codes are in fact sent by game controllers (controller plugin)

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