{"id":2810,"date":"2013-06-28T16:37:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T23:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2013-06-28T16:43:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T23:43:21","slug":"source-code-snippet-making-a-custom-customize-keyboard-shortcuts-feature-for-a-game-actionscript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/source-code-snippet-making-a-custom-customize-keyboard-shortcuts-feature-for-a-game-actionscript","title":{"rendered":"Source Code Snippet: Making A Custom Customize Keyboard Shortcuts Feature – For A Game (ActionScript)\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a simple example that I’m throwing up here because it may help some googler looking for a quick solution (just strip out the trace<\/code> and txt_output<\/code>).
\nThis lets you set an alphanumeric (letters and numbers) character as a desired “keyboard shortcut” which is saved for use throughout your game (or application).<\/p>\n

I’m currently working on the “settings” area for (if you haven’t heard yet, I love saying the title) my upcoming game, Offender 2 (World War B: War on Rabbits).
\n\"\"
\nFor those that are interested I have a gallery of the game’s artwork here: http:\/\/offender2.alienmelon.com\/artwork\/<\/a> which I’m continuously updating as I make progress. Visit it for a sneak peek of the game’s artwork, style, and more\u2026 I’m excited.
\nOk. The snippet:<\/p>\n

Preview it here: <\/strong>
\n[swfobj src=”http:\/\/nathalielawhead.com\/sourcefiles\/Offender2\/code_examples\/keyboard_shortcut_example.swf” height=”85″ width=”393″]<\/p>\n

Download the .fla here:<\/strong> http:\/\/nathalielawhead.com\/sourcefiles\/Offender2\/code_examples\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Where txt_key_menu<\/code> is an input text field with a 1 character limit.
\nThe input is saved to a shared object which is checked against in the KeyboardEvent.
\nIf the keyboard character pressed matches the SO then the desired event is triggered.<\/p>\n

var so_keys:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal(\"keyexample\/data\");<\/p>\n

if(so_keys.data.key_menu == undefined){
\n\tso_keys.data.key_menu = \"m\";
\n\tso_keys.flush();
\n};<\/p>\n

\/\/keyboard input restrictions
\ntxt_key_menu.restrict = \"a-z 0-9\";
\ntxt_key_menu.text = so_keys.data.key_menu;
\n\/\/
\ntxt_key_menu.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_IN, evnt_key_menu);
\ntxt_key_menu.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_OUT, evnt_key_menu);
\n\/\/
\nfunction evnt_key_menu(event:FocusEvent):void {
\n\ttrace(event.type);
\n\tif(event.type==\"focusIn\"){
\n\t\ttxt_key_menu.text = \"\";
\n\t}
\n\tif(event.type==\"focusOut\" && txt_key_menu.text == \"\"){
\n\t\t\/\/
\n\t\ttrace(\"no input selected revert to m\");
\n\t\ttxt_output.text = \"no input selected revert to m\";
\n\t\t\/\/
\n\t\ttxt_key_menu.text = so_keys.data.key_menu;
\n\t};
\n\tif(event.type==\"focusOut\"){
\n\t\tso_keys.data.key_menu = txt_key_menu.text;
\n\t\tso_keys.flush();
\n\t\t\/\/
\n\t\ttrace(\"shortcut is now set to: \"+so_keys.data.key_menu);
\n\t\ttxt_output.text =\"shortcut is now set to: \"+so_keys.data.key_menu;
\n\t\t\/\/
\n\t};
\n}
\nfunction evnt_key_shortcut(event:KeyboardEvent){
\n\tif(String.fromCharCode(event.charCode) == so_keys.data.key_menu){
\n\t\ttrace(\"the shortcut key has been pressed\");
\n\t\ttxt_output.text = \"the shortcut key has been pressed\";
\n\t};
\n}
\nstage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, evnt_key_shortcut);
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Well… Drop by the gallery<\/a> to check out the artwork, and animations (Yeah. Misspellings and all. I haven’t gotten around to that part yet). It’s come a long, and exhausting way!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

So… back to work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a simple example that I’m throwing up here because it may help some googler looking for a quick solution (just strip out the trace and txt_output). This lets you set an alphanumeric (letters and numbers) character as a desired “keyboard shortcut” which is saved for use throughout your game (or application). I’m currently working on the “settings” area for (if you haven’t heard yet, I love saying the title) my upcoming game, Offender 2 (World War B: War on Rabbits). For those that are interested I have a gallery of the game’s artwork here: http:\/\/offender2.alienmelon.com\/artwork\/ which I’m continuously...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2810"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2828,"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions\/2828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nathalielawhead.com\/candybox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}