automate enter key press

[keliko]

Is there any way to automate an enter key press when "on mouseup" event.

[richmond62]

Here's thought:

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on mouseUp
   send "keyUp 104"
end mouseUp

But not a very good one:
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[richmond62]

You CAN send a simulated key press to a button:

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on mouseUp
   send "rawKeyUp 108" to btn "xx"
end mouseUp

Download my stack that demonstrates this here:

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[richmond62]

You can also do this sort of thing:
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on mouseUp
   send "rawKeyUp 108" to fld "ff"
end mouseUp

BUT it will NOT type into the field.

[dunbarx]

Why not just send the "enterKey" message? On a card with one button, in the button script:

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on mouseUp
   enterkey
end mouseUp

And in the card script:

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on enterkey
   answer random(99)
end enterkey

Click the button or press the enter key, you get a random number.

Craig

[richmond62]

Sorry: I went off on a tangent about faking any key press.
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[dunbarx]

Richmond.

I am always on a tangent. It is getting back onto the circle that keeps tripping me up.

Craig

[keliko]

thank you for responding in this thread.
I'm building an app using a "browser" widget with a live chat app.
usually when I write a chat and to send it I press the "enter" key on the computer keyboard.
I want to change the function that usually uses the "enter" key to send messages. replaced by just a click of the mouse.

is this possible?

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Have you repeated your request, or have I missed your intent? Otherwise, what is missing from my post?

Craig

[keliko]

@dunbarx

your script in the previous post, can be applied if within the scope of the livecode object. but for the browser widget as in my case it can't be applied.
I haven't found a way. I want to make the application run the command "enter" key press every 10 seconds with the widget browser.

[dunbarx]

I want to make the application run the command "enter" key press every 10 seconds with the widget browser.

I have never used a widget in any project, so I am no expert on those gadgets. If we were purely inside LC, I might suggest a timer that sent the "enterKey" message to the card, or wherever, every 10 seconds. This is simple.

So, everyone, is there any access to a widget in the sense that one can write a handler attached to that widget? Or is the fact that the widget is "visible" a property that can be exploited in the same way?

craig

[FourthWorld]

I don't know if "click at <loc>" works in the Browser widget, but maybe worth trying.

Does the chat app use websockets or polling?

[keliko]

yes I use the websocket protocol.

[FourthWorld]

Do they also offer an API with regular Unix sockets?

[keliko]

Do they also offer an API with regular Unix sockets?

as i know they only use tcp/ip socket
by using socket.io