detect key pressed?

Dear All,

when developing games with eToys it is important to know whether a key
is pressed or released.
This way multiple actions can be controlled at the same time. Something
like:

if (key pressed? <up>)
if (key pressed? <w>)

However I only found "last keystroke".
      Is there something built in?
or: Do I need to develop this myself?
or: Do sources exist that add this behaviour?
I found this: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/488 and I downloaded eToys 5
from the website.
But I can not get it to run.

Greetings,
Nicco
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Nicco,

In the "Object Catalog" under "Just for Fun" you will find a "Key Press" morph.  This should meet your needs.

What exactly is the error you are getting when trying to run Etoys 5?  , What OS are you using?

Stephen

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Nicco Kunzmann <[hidden email]> wrote:

Dear All,

when developing games with eToys it is important to know whether a key
is pressed or released.
This way multiple actions can be controlled at the same time. Something
like:

if (key pressed? <up>)
if (key pressed? <w>)

However I only found "last keystroke".
      Is there something built in?
or: Do I need to develop this myself?
or: Do sources exist that add this behaviour?
I found this: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/488 and I downloaded eToys 5
from the website.
But I can not get it to run.

Greetings,
Nicco
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