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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:03:16 +0100 From: Max Horn Subject: Modifier key fix The internal modifier state can get out of sync with reality. To trigger this, do for example this: 1) Launch an SDL app 2) Alt-click on the desktop (this will hide the SDL app). 3) Bring the SDL app back to the front 4) SDL will still think alt is pressed (and as such will treat left clicks like middle clicks). If you press and release alt, it'll be fine again. The attached patch cures this by rechecking the modifier state whenever we process an event.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:57:16 +0000
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1 .TH "SDL_KeyboardEvent" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59" "SDL" "SDL API Reference"
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2 .SH "NAME"
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3 SDL_KeyboardEvent\- Keyboard event structure
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4 .SH "STRUCTURE DEFINITION"
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5 .PP
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6 .nf
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7 \f(CWtypedef struct{
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8 Uint8 type;
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9 Uint8 state;
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10 SDL_keysym keysym;
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11 } SDL_KeyboardEvent;\fR
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12 .fi
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13 .PP
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14 .SH "STRUCTURE DATA"
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15 .TP 20
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16 \fBtype\fR
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17 \fBSDL_KEYDOWN\fP or \fBSDL_KEYUP\fP
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18 .TP 20
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19 \fBstate\fR
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20 \fBSDL_PRESSED\fP or \fBSDL_RELEASED\fP
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21 .TP 20
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22 \fBkeysym\fR
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23 Contains key press information
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24 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
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25 .PP
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26 \fBSDL_KeyboardEvent\fR is a member of the \fI\fBSDL_Event\fR\fR union and is used when an event of type \fBSDL_KEYDOWN\fP or \fBSDL_KEYUP\fP is reported\&.
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27 .PP
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28 The \fBtype\fR and \fBstate\fR actually report the same information, they just use different values to do it! A keyboard event occurs when a key is released (\fBtype\fR=\fBSDK_KEYUP\fP or \fBstate\fR=\fBSDL_RELEASED\fP) and when a key is pressed (\fBtype\fR=\fBSDL_KEYDOWN\fP or \fBstate\fR=\fBSDL_PRESSED\fP)\&. The information on what key was pressed or released is in the \fI\fBkeysym\fR\fR structure\&.
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29 .PP
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30 .RS
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31 \fBNote:
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32 .PP
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33 Repeating \fBSDL_KEYDOWN\fP events will occur if key repeat is enabled (see \fI\fBSDL_EnableKeyRepeat\fP\fR)\&.
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34 .RE
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35 .SH "SEE ALSO"
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36 .PP
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37 \fI\fBSDL_Event\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_keysym\fR\fR, \fI\fBSDL_EnableKeyRepeat\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_EnableUNICODE\fP\fR
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38 ...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:59