At the moment I am trying to make a basic piano program using the keyboard keys to act as the notes but the script can get really long when using the basic

if <key [a] pressed?> then
    
set [keypressed] to [a]
end
 

method so I thought: what if there was a KEY PRESSED block which would output the current key that is being pressed as it would make a lot of scripts shorter!

<keypressed>

penguin54 wrote:

At the moment I am trying to make a basic piano program using the keyboard keys to act as the notes but the script can get really long when using the basic

if <key [a] pressed?> then
    
set [keypressed] to [a]
end
 

method so I thought: what if there was a KEY PRESSED block which would output the current key that is being pressed as it would make a lot of scripts shorter!

<keypressed>

sounds cool!

support

Sure! Support

support!

Support

What if you are pressing ≥2 keys at once?

Cyoce wrote:

What if you are pressing ≥2 keys at once?

That is true. Well, it could work by outputting the first key pressed?

Support!

NoMod-Programming wrote:

Support

Zappy1333 wrote:

support!

RPFluffy wrote:

Sure! Support

ChocolatePi wrote:

penguin54 wrote:

At the moment I am trying to make a basic piano program using the keyboard keys to act as the notes but the script can get really long when using the basic

if <key [a] pressed?> then
    
set [keypressed] to [a]
end
 

method so I thought: what if there was a KEY PRESSED block which would output the current key that is being pressed as it would make a lot of scripts shorter!

<keypressed>

sounds cool!

support

I do support, though, I could make a custom block for you guys and post it in a project. All you would have to do is to slide it into your backpack slide it to your project, then make a keypressed variable. I figure you could use that instead.

Support if it allows TAB, ENTER, SHIFT and BACKSPACE/DELETE, but it might confuse new scratchers with the input.
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<key [ v] pressed?>

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QuoStrike wrote:

I do support, though, I could make a custom block for you guys and post it in a project. All you would have to do is to slide it into your backpack slide it to your project, then make a keypressed variable. I figure you could use that instead.

Thanks! Sounds cool!