Not 100% sure if this is supposed to be in this forum, my apologies if not.

So, for a collaboration OS project, we are building a text engine for the OS. However, when typing, there is no uppercase/lowercase detection (because that's how keyboards work) and there is no shift key detection, which would how we would be able to get around this limitation.

What I'm asking, is, does anybody know of a way to detect the shift key pressed (and backspace and enter if possible too, but less necessary) that is working in 3.0? (that doesn't involve using ask blocks to get the input)

Thanks so much for reading through,
ampara

I considered using a sprite to connect with a shift switch on screen for my last project and the sprite activated by key code - perhaps space plus s

MargeScribbles wrote:

I considered using a sprite to connect with a shift switch on screen for my last project and the sprite activated by key code - perhaps space plus s

That's actually a really good idea. Still, though, wish there was a way to actually check shift key press.

Thank you so much!

I remember there used to be a way to do this in Scratch 2.0 using hacked blocks, but sadly I don't think it works in 3.0.

ampara wrote:

Not 100% sure if this is supposed to be in this forum, my apologies if not.

So, for a collaboration OS project, we are building a text engine for the OS. However, when typing, there is no uppercase/lowercase detection (because that's how keyboards work) and there is no shift key detection, which would how we would be able to get around this limitation.

What I'm asking, is, does anybody know of a way to detect the shift key pressed (and backspace and enter if possible too, but less necessary) that is working in 3.0? (that doesn't involve using ask blocks to get the input)

Thanks so much for reading through,
ampara

I have it!

This way works in scratch 3.0, and only works for the enter key (may for a few others)

<key (join [enter] []) pressed?>

You can also do

<key (join [!] []) pressed?>

to make scratch recognise if you are pressing 1 and shift at the same time. Unfortunately, no normal shift


Make sure to type it with NO CAPITALS!

googoo11 wrote:

ampara wrote:

Not 100% sure if this is supposed to be in this forum, my apologies if not.

So, for a collaboration OS project, we are building a text engine for the OS. However, when typing, there is no uppercase/lowercase detection (because that's how keyboards work) and there is no shift key detection, which would how we would be able to get around this limitation.

What I'm asking, is, does anybody know of a way to detect the shift key pressed (and backspace and enter if possible too, but less necessary) that is working in 3.0? (that doesn't involve using ask blocks to get the input)

Thanks so much for reading through,
ampara

I have it!

This way works in scratch 3.0, and only works for the enter key (may for a few others)

<key (join [enter] []) pressed?>

You can also do

<key (join [!] []) pressed?>

to make scratch recognise if you are pressing 1 and shift at the same time. Unfortunately, no normal shift


Make sure to type it with NO CAPITALS!

Hi! Thank you for offering your help, but this thread is pretty old - I don't think it's relevant anymore. When you respond to a topic, please make sure it's recent and the original poster still needs an answer. Thanks!