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Binding to the Tab key

by Morphonix LLC · in Torque Game Engine · 07/01/2005 (8:15 am) · 7 replies

Having trouble getting actions bound to "tab" key

For my help system....

// works for space bar
helpSystemMap.bind( keyboard, space, hsSpaceAction );

// doesn't work...
helpSystemMap.bind( keyboard, tab, hsTabAction );

// doesn't work...
helpSystemMap.bindcmd(keyboard, "tab", "", "hsTabAction(0);");

// works
GlobalActionMap.bindcmd(keyboard, "tab", "", "hsTabAction(0);");

What am I missing? I would like to be able to bind a command to the tab key in my help system's action map, which gets pushed and popped when necessary.

However, the only way I have been able to get the tab key bound is by putting it into the GlobalActionMap.

I've been stepping through the action map code, but I've not found an answer yet...

Any help or explainations appreciated.
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Torque 3D Owner Billy L
#1
07/01/2005 (9:22 am)
Have you checked both default.bind and you client/config.cs or what files you use ?
It should work like you do.

Morphonix LLC
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#2
07/01/2005 (9:47 am)
I've searched every script file (*.cs) in my hierarchy for "bind", "bindCmd", and "unbind".

Nothing else appears to be trying to use or disable the tab key.

Does the engine treat the tab key as a special case in any way?

Torque 3D Owner Matthew Langley
Torque
#3
07/01/2005 (9:48 am)
Hmm well it uses it to switch from first to third person, so must either be somwhere in the scripts or hard coded.

Torque 3D Owner Matthew Langley
Torque
#4
07/01/2005 (9:49 am) 
moveMap.bind(keyboard, tab, toggleFirstPerson );

thats in default.bind.cs

Torque 3D Owner Billy L
#5
07/01/2005 (9:50 am)
I use the tab key for a zoom function right now , and it works fine, i only changed the defaultbind and pressed ctrl o in the game and changed it.

Morphonix LLC
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#6
07/01/2005 (2:30 pm)
@Matthew - I've removed that binding in default.bind.cs. my game is strictly first person. (but thanks)
I do rember that working before I removed it though.

Since this doesn't seem to be ringing any alarm bells for anyone as a known issue, I guess I need to step through it and see what I've broken ;-)

I'll follow up if I find anything alarming. (i.e. something other than my own stupidity..)

Torque 3D Owner Peter Simard
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#7
09/13/2005 (1:44 pm)
If you are using the mouse cursor in your program, you will need to comment out the following lines in guiCanvas.cc. Its a ditry fix but it works:

/*    
         if ( isCursorON() && ( event->objInst == KEY_TAB ) )
         {
            if (size() > 0)
            {
               if (event->modifier & SI_SHIFT)
               {
                  tabPrev();
                  return true;
               }
               else if (event->modifier == 0)
               {
                  tabNext();
                  return true;
               }
            }
         }
*/