More keys to be pressed

AlexINF

Just, you can hack the .JSON file on the project and change the code.

Also, There's a project here showing some hacked blocks.

DaSpudLord

AlexINF wrote:
Just, you can hack the .JSON file on the project and change the code.

Also, There's a project here showing some hacked blocks.

In order for a workaround to be valid, it must be possible to create in vanilla Scratch- no JSON hacks or mods.

pkexe

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Roaring_Inferno

Support as per above.

DaSpudLord

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BobbyF_Extras

Definitely support. If we could have the option to use the Enter, Ctrl and Shift Key, that'd be awesome by itself. Makes controls for a 2nd player in any game or simulation very difficult for them.

Informinity

There are some hacked blocks that do that, but It would be easier just having them in the vanilla scratch program. Support.

pvz_pro

Support!

Candylanguagegirl

Greatguy123 wrote:
I have an idea! I think it would be a great idea to add more keys. It might get a little irritating, however, because the list of letters is already pretty long. Maybe the ST could make it so that you choose the key by clicking into the block and typing in the key you want!

Just an idea. If you don't want this here, that's fine. I just thought it might be ok because its kind of the same topic. I can make this a new topic if you want.

Support for this block. Nice and small and I could seriously use it.

Ottertamer

I support this! We also need stuff like

when [shift v] key pressed

Sheep_maker

1) Not all keyboards have the same symbols and some of them would have extra symbols not included here. This would discriminate against them and ruining Scratch's purpose of being for everyone
2) Apple computers display backspace, enter, and ctrl as delete, return, and command. Not to mention Windows has a delete button which Apple only has on larger keyboards as delete (with a forward delete icon). These keys will cause confusion.
3) At the moment, Flash can't tell the difference between shift, ctrl, alt, fn, etc. nor can it detect esc.

So only support for keys that are on all keyboards and aren't named differently between OS's in Scratch 3.0

Last edited by Sheep_maker (July 7, 2016 00:44:53)

theonlygusti

What about a new block input slot:

<key (space v) pressed :: sensing>

clicking inside the box focuses it and waits for the user to press a key. That key is then the one the block will detect.

ChatUser2

xlk wrote:
Griffpatch made an ascii key detector, or something' like that, so any keyboard key can be detected…

But it's an obscure hack and you need to do all this work instead of just selecting the keyboard key

ChatUser2

theonlygusti wrote:
What about a new block input slot:
<key (space v) pressed :: sensing>
clicking inside the box focuses it and waits for the user to press a key. That key is then the one the block will detect.

Or maybe a small keyboard from dropdown that allows to click a key, just like the “play note” block has a piano keyboard in dropdown.

ChatUser2

Sheep_maker wrote:
1) Not all keyboards have the same symbols and some of them would have extra symbols not included here. This would discriminate against them and ruining Scratch's purpose of being for everyone
2) Apple computers display backspace, enter, and ctrl as delete, return, and command. Not to mention Windows has a delete button which Apple only has on larger keyboards as delete (with a forward delete icon). These keys will cause confusion.
3) At the moment, Flash can't tell the difference between shift, ctrl, alt, fn, etc. nor can it detect esc.

So only support for keys that are on all keyboards and aren't named differently between OS's in Scratch 3.0

All keyboards have the same 95 standard symbols we have but accessed differently. So in addition to normal `1234567890-=\[];',./ we would also need ~!@#$%^&*()_+|{}:“<>? which are shifted versions but may be located differently. Also maybe a text box if someone wants to make a German or French project. For the flash key confusion, Scratch will shift to HTML5, or it will be named ”shift/ctrl/alt/fn/…". For the Apple confusion, same.

Empty-Map

That's possible through hack blocks but I fell like Scratch should make it official. Full Support.

theonlygusti

ChatUser2 wrote:
theonlygusti wrote:
<key (space v) pressed :: sensing>
Or maybe a small keyboard from dropdown that allows to click a key, just like the “play note” block has a piano keyboard in dropdown.

Not all keyboards are the same.

kenny2scratch

I suggest that the menu for the key pressed block should accept inputs. That's all I ask.

braxbroscratcher

DaSpudLord wrote:
AlexINF wrote:
Just, you can hack the .JSON file on the project and change the code.

Also, There's a project here showing some hacked blocks.
In order for a workaround to be valid, it must be possible to create in vanilla Scratch- no JSON hacks or mods.

you can do it using any text editor, provided you can unzip .zips. Pretty sure it's acceptable since everyone has a text editor (All OSes come with one) and since there are many different programs for extracting zips.

Paddle2See

It looks like this is a duplicate topic of this one over here so I'll close it to keep the conversation all in one place.

Please use the existing topic in the link above.

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