event key down

[Cory_K]

I have a question regarding the event structure.
If you make an event for 'key down', where can you specify which key is being pressed,

instead of any key 

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

It catches all keys.  But there are nodes on the left side of the event structure for char or scan code. These tell you which key is pressed.  You can compare it to your character or scancode of interest and if they match, execute the code in a case structure.

[Cory_K]

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Ravens Fan wrote:
You can compare it to your character or scancode of interest and if they match, execute the code in a case structure.

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Good idea, I'll give that a shot 

[chilly_charly]

And if you use the "key down ?" event, you may even filter the event and decide to discard it, or to change the key pressed value associated with it before passing it to the VI.

This should also work with Mods keys, for intance to simulate a capsLock on, but I have never been able to work it out 😞