Not getting ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR events for SHIFT/CTRL/ALT keys http://www.allegro.cc/forums/view/618805 Allegro.cc Forum Thread matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton) Sun, 09 Apr 2023 22:58:09 +0000

Hi there!

About 10 years ago I wrote a Sega Monaco GP Remake game using Allegro and have just noticed a something strange.

I'm not getting ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR events for keycodes in the range of 215 (ALLEGRO_KEY_LSHIFT) to 226 (ALLEGRO_KEY_CAPSLOCK).

ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR events work fine for basic keys (I.e. Keycodes in range of 1 (ALLEGRO_KEY_A) to 93 (ALLEGRO_KEY_PAUSE)).

It is strange because ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN and ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_UP events all work fine regardless of keycode.

I'm running Allegro 5.2.8 on Linux, and Allegro 5.0.10 on Windows.

Many thanks,

Ben

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (geecab) Sun, 09 Apr 2023 12:37:05 +0000

KEY_CHAR events are for characters input, not for keypresses. So for instance pressing Ctrl doesn't give you a character.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (torhu) Sun, 09 Apr 2023 18:47:03 +0000

Ah I see, many thanks for the response!

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (geecab) Sun, 09 Apr 2023 22:58:09 +0000