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Re: How to check if a key is currently down ...

From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: How to check if a key is currently down ...
Date 2019-03-26 17:09 +0100
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
Message-ID <4401b01e-8b83-3bfe-73be-ca0757c98d80@PointedEars.de> (permalink)
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JJ wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:23:24 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:
>> In short, I'm looking for a(n equivalent of) IsKeyCurrentlyDown method. 
>> Does such a beast exist ?
> 
> No. Keyboard inputs on client side scripts are only event based. There's no
> method that can retrieve a keyboard key status on demand.

Wrong.  *Event*s can be *create*d and *dispatch*ed programmatically.

<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createEvent> pp.

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How to check if a key is currently down ... "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-25 08:23 +0100
  Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 02:33 -0700
    Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-25 11:48 +0100
  Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 02:39 -0700
  Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-03-25 04:08 -0700
  Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2019-03-25 19:42 +0700
    Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-25 17:21 +0100
    Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-03-26 17:09 +0100
      Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2019-03-26 16:12 +0000
        Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-03-26 17:35 +0100
          Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2019-03-26 16:48 +0000
            Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-03-26 18:29 +0100
              Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2019-03-26 17:36 +0000
    Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2019-03-26 18:23 -0700
  Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Peter Büttner <not_for_mail_peb@gmx.net> - 2019-03-25 18:46 +0100
    Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-03-25 19:23 +0100
      Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Peter Büttner <not_for_mail_peb@gmx.net> - 2019-03-27 19:26 +0100
        Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2019-04-05 09:23 +0200
          Re: How to check if a key is currently down ... Peter Büttner <not_for_mail_peb@gmx.net> - 2019-04-07 19:53 +0200

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