Function on Keypress hold

[aircooled76]

Hi Guys,

I am looking for a way to have a process (video cut) to happen when the "a" key is pressed but a different process (video fade) to happen if the "a" key is held down for a period of time (say 50ms.)

I have been looking at the keysdown function and making a repeat loop but I can't get anything to trigger with the keysdown function when the key is pressed.

Any help appreciated.

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on keyDown theKey
   if theKey is "a"
   
   then
      answer "a"
      
      if "a" is in the keysdown
      then
         answer "a is down"
      else 
         
      end if
   end if
end keydown

[jmburnod]

Hi,
It seems you need do something with keyup

period of time (say 50ms.)

50 seems short
Something like that:

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local sStartTime
on keyDown theKey
   put the milliseconds into sStartTime
end keydown

on keyup theKey
   if pKey = "a" then
      if the milliseconds < (sStartTime + 50) then
         doVideoCut
      else
         doVideoFade
      end if
   end if
end keyup

Best regards
Jean-Marc