Appdeveloper: use a short key?

[stefan.erni]

Hi Steve

Is it possible to have a shortcut key for an existing switch in Appdeveloper?
For example, “space” to start recording.

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[BenR]

Hi Stefan,

For PC developer you can use Key Mappings available from the Edit menu.

You can assign a calculation to a keypress, for example I have this to toggle a variable on and off when the S key is pressed.

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You can monitor for this variable changing by having a decision in your main loop checking if the variable is equal to the old value.

It works fine for the PC developer source and for the export.

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If you want this for web developer then let us know and we can see what's possible.

[stefan.erni]

Hi Ben

Perfect!

I add key mapping and use the switch with call macro if click (OnButtonClick). This works very well.
Only the switch doesn't have such a good 3D effect.

short key and switch works nice together.

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switch and led:

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