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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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>SDL_GetModState</H1
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>SDL_GetModState&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the state of modifier keys.</DIV
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>typedef enum {
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  KMOD_LSHIFT= 0x0001,
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  KMOD_LCTRL = 0x0040,
  KMOD_RCTRL = 0x0080,
  KMOD_LALT  = 0x0100,
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  KMOD_LMETA = 0x0400,
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  KMOD_NUM   = 0x1000,
  KMOD_CAPS  = 0x2000,
  KMOD_MODE  = 0x4000,
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>#define KMOD_CTRL (KMOD_LCTRL|KMOD_RCTRL)
#define KMOD_SHIFT  (KMOD_LSHIFT|KMOD_RSHIFT)
#define KMOD_ALT  (KMOD_LALT|KMOD_RALT)
#define KMOD_META (KMOD_LMETA|KMOD_RMETA)</PRE
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