[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Missing keyborad events

[Martin Bosticky <none@xxxxxxxx>]

Douglas Pollock wrote:
> Martin Bosticky wrote:
>
> > I have implemented a keyboard listener based on
> > org.eclipse.swt.events.KeyListener in a SWT application. The program is
> > a game and i am tracking the keys 'a', 'w', 's' and 's' to move a
> > character on a canvas.
> >
> > If i press two keys, and then release them, i seem to only get one call
> > to the keyReleased() function. Thus my game gets confused and my
> > character keeps moving even when keys are released.
> >
> > Is there another way i can inspect the state of the keyboard in SWT
> > which would be more reliable? Can anyone recommend a proper way to
> > achieve the desired behavior?
>
>
> In my experience, KeyUp events in SWT are unreliable.  AFAIK, it's not
> possible to implement a game of that sort in SWT.
>
>
>
> cheers,
> d.

OK. Sounds like we would need to implement SWT extension to GetKeyState 
or GetKeyboardState windows API (and other APIs). I will investigate at 
the developers mailing list.

Thanks, martin.