Author Topic: Reading single key presses (Read 6543 times)

acrin1 · « **on:** October 21, 2007, 11:01:22 am »

I'm reading the keyboard like so:

if (App.GetInput().IsKeyDown(sf::Key::F11)) ToggleInsMode();
if (App.GetInput().IsKeyDown(sf::Key::F10)) ToggleItemMode();

This is working ok but this method is reading the key continuously until the key is released. What's the best way to read a single keypress or turn off the continuous reading of keys?

Thanks

Lord Delvin · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2007, 11:05:55 am »

You could fire an event in your system if the key is known to be pressed the first frame and only use that event for calculations.

Laurent · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2007, 03:31:00 pm »

sf::Input is for reading real-time (continuous) inputs. It shouldn't be used to get single events like key presses.

Use the sf::Event::KeyPressed event instead.

acrin1 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2007, 08:58:14 pm »

Quote from: "Laurent"

sf::Input is for reading real-time (continuous) inputs. It shouldn't be used to get single events like key presses.

Use the sf::Event::KeyPressed event instead.

Thanks. I missed that in the tutorial.