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PWoodward

More Key's available for focus and toggle

Status: New

Currently there are only limited key's that can be pressed, some of which don't show up on some keyboards (like mute and play)

 

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It would be useful to have letters, numbers and arrows added for more adaptable controls.

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You can use the This VI>>"Key Down?" event to check for key pressed and figure out wether the key was typed in a control or other object (to exclude legit typing).

AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)

PWoodward: We are unlikely to change this. The keys we support are the minimum set common to all keyboards. Trying to chase all the keyboards that exist in the world is a losing battle. We provide programmatic ways to capture key clicks on the block diagram, but the built-in menus that make it quick and easy are, by intention, only the ubiquitous keys.

PWoodward
NI Employee (retired)

Hi Aristos,

 

I'm aware of the programmatic methods but having the arrow keys at least would make programming remote robot controls a lot easier for people at University. I remember binding it to Home, End, Del and Page down to mimic the arrow key layout... until you transfer to a laptop.

 

I would of thought arrow keys would be on most PC keyboards?

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AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)

Most, but they vanish from a lot of laptop keyboards and from several foreign language keyboards.