working on a typing engine, my issue is that if yo type too fast it screws up the letters, can anyone help?
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/981148981/editor

Try making a list of all the characters you have typed. Do something like this.

when [any v] key pressed
Detect Key :: custom
add (Key) to [Keys v]

forever
repeat (length of [Keys v]
set [My Text v] to (join (My Text) (item (1) of [Keys v]))
delete (1) of [Keys v]
end

sashimiricedev wrote:

Try making a list of all the characters you have typed. Do something like this.

when [any v] key pressed
Detect Key :: custom
add (Key) to [Keys v]

forever
repeat (length of [Keys v]
set [My Text v] to (join (My Text) (item (1) of [Keys v]))
delete (1) of [Keys v]
end

my issue with that is that the thing i use to detect the keys will record multiple key presses, so the key will add itself to the list more than once, thanks for the input though!

Your project isn't shared but the usual approach would be along these lines -

when green flag clicked
set [_keys v] to [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789] // Whatever keys you want to detect

And then create a (non-refresh) custom block to call each frame to see what key is pressed (if any) -

define _key = check keys
set [_index v] to [1]
repeat (length of (_keys))
set [_key v] to (letter (_index) of (_keys))
if <key (_key) pressed?> then
stop [this script v]
end
change [_index v] by [1]
end
set [_key v] to [] // Setting it to nothing as no key has been detected