Re: [wxlua-users] Key events

[John L. <jla...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Andre Arpin <ar...@ki...> wrote:
> -- Could this be tried on unix
> -- Type an 'a'. Enable caps lock and type another 'a'
> -- is the keycode 65 in both cases.
> -- Note: There does not seem to be any way to find out if 'a' is capitalize.
> --       You get a transition code for caps but you do not know
> --       if its going up or down.
>
> frame = wx.wxFrame( wx.NULL, wx.wxID_ANY, "Testing")
>
> frame:Connect(wx.wxID_ANY, wx.wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK,
>    function(event)
>        print(event.KeyCode)
>    end)
>
> frame:Show()

This is normal, use wxEVT_CHAR to get the translated key.

http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/classwx_key_event.html

"To summarize: you should handle wxEVT_CHAR if you need the translated
key and wxEVT_KEY_DOWN if you only need the value of the key itself,
independent of the current keyboard state."

Regards,
    John