Need Help With IDLE ANIMATION (Character Standing Still)

[DarknessxBuilder]

hi all im new to sfml and have been trying to make a game and require a bit of help

when i want my chracater go left and right i use these 2 functions.

      if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Left))}

      if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Right))

and now i want to animate my character standing still is their a function to detect if their isnt any keypresses
i tried using this function below but it didnt work

      if (sf::Event::KeyReleased)

Any Ideas?

[dabbertorres]

You may want to do some research into "state machines".

[Carlos Augusto Br Cpp]

Animation also consists in update the frames...

so update the idle animation in game loop when are not updating the left or right animation...

[smilesprower]

You can do something like this to get you started.
But I recommend maybe you look into state machines if your game is going to get complex.

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                // Couple of ways to do it.

                // #1 Player position is the same as his previous position
                if(playerPos == prevPlayerPos){
                           // change animation to idle
                }
                // #2 Player velocity = 0, player is not moving
                if(playerVel.x == 0 && playerVel.y == 0){
                           // change animation to idle
                }
 
                #3
if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Left)) {
// change animation to left
}
else if (sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Right)) {
// change animation to right
}
                else{
                        // change animation to idle
                }
}

Hope this helps you get started.