Keyboard input

[Anasky]

Hey everyone,

Recently I implemented the SFML keyboard system, but I'm having issues detecting special keys such as !@#$%^&*. Those keys are on shift on my particular keyboard, but I'm well aware that they are on different locations on different keyboards (for example: it's on 8 without shift in Belgium).
Is there any universal way to detect the special keys, preferably by ASCII code?

Thanks in advance,
Anasky

[eXpl0it3r]

SFML currently has some issues with special characters and will improve on it in the future, see issue #7.
If you want text input, use the TextEntered event.

[Anasky]

I'm already using the SFML events for regular text, as well as enters etc. Only issue is the special characters. Any idea how long it'll take for issue #7 to be fixed?

[Hapax]

You should be aware that there is a difference between sf::Event::KeyPressed events and sf::Event::TextEntered events.

[Anasky]

} else if (event.type == sf::Event::TextEntered){
            unsigned char t = event.key.code;
            KeyDown(event.text.unicode);
         } else if (event.type == sf::Event::KeyPressed){
            unsigned int keycode = event.key.code;
            if (keycode == 88){
               if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::LAlt) || sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::RAlt)){
                  Main.StopLooping = true;
                  running = false;
               }
            }
            if (keycode == 27 || keycode == 49 || keycode == 52 || keycode == 57 || (keycode >= 71 && keycode <= 74)){
               SpecialKeyDown(event.key.code);
            }

Yeah, I know But as you can see, I have to check for specific keycodes in the KeyPressed for ! etc, but I know that won't work on different keyboards