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for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

Hi folks.

Ignore as appropriate.

Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does not work in morphic when that happens.

A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.

cheers and thanks.

marcel.taeumel

Re: for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

Hi there.

This should work:

| capsLockFilter |
capsLockFilter := PluggableEventFilter on: [:keyboardEvent |
(keyboardEvent isKeystroke
and: [keyboardEvent keyCharacter isUppercase
and: [keyboardEvent shiftPressed not]])
ifTrue: [self inform: 'CAPS LOCK ON'].
keyboardEvent].
self currentHand addKeyboardCaptureFilter: capsLockFilter.

Be sure to find a safe place for that capsLockFilter so that it won't be
garbage collected. :-) Maybe that "inform:" is too noisy for you. I don't
know.

Best,
Marcel

Squeak - Dev mailing list wrote

> Hi folks.
>
>
>
> Ignore as appropriate.
>
>
>
> Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does
> not work in morphic when that happens.
>
>
>
> A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.
>
>
>
> cheers and thanks.

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Squeak - Dev mailing list

Re: for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

Thank you! I will give it a go tomorrow!

---- On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:34:30 -0500 [hidden email] wrote ----

Hi there.

This should work:

| capsLockFilter |
capsLockFilter := PluggableEventFilter on: [:keyboardEvent |
    (keyboardEvent isKeystroke
        and: [keyboardEvent keyCharacter isUppercase
        and: [keyboardEvent shiftPressed not]])
            ifTrue: [self inform: 'CAPS LOCK ON'].
    keyboardEvent].
self currentHand addKeyboardCaptureFilter: capsLockFilter.

Be sure to find a safe place for that capsLockFilter so that it won't be
garbage collected. :-) Maybe that "inform:" is too noisy for you. I don't
know.

Best,
Marcel

Squeak - Dev mailing list wrote

> Hi folks.
>
>
>
> Ignore as appropriate.
>
>
>
> Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does
> not work in morphic when that happens.
>
>
>
> A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.
>
>
>
> cheers and thanks.

--
Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Squeak-Dev-f45488.html

Eliot Miranda-2

Re: for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

In reply to this post by marcel.taeumel

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:34 AM marcel.taeumel <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi there.

This should work:

| capsLockFilter |
capsLockFilter := PluggableEventFilter on: [:keyboardEvent |
(keyboardEvent isKeystroke
and: [keyboardEvent keyCharacter isUppercase
and: [keyboardEvent shiftPressed not]])
ifTrue: [self inform: 'CAPS LOCK ON'].
keyboardEvent].
self currentHand addKeyboardCaptureFilter: capsLockFilter.

Be sure to find a safe place for that capsLockFilter so that it won't be
garbage collected. :-) Maybe that "inform:" is too noisy for you. I don't
know.

Would it not be possible to add something next to the time & full screen button in the menu bar top right?

Or maybe embolden the Squeak icon in the top left when shift is down?

Some keyboards have a nice light when shift lock is on (Mac). I find it very annoying to use keyboards that don't indicate shift lock. But I don't suffer badly enough to have Timothy's issue.

Best,
Marcel

Squeak - Dev mailing list wrote
> Hi folks.
>
>
>
> Ignore as appropriate.
>
>
>
> Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does
> not work in morphic when that happens.
>
>
>
> A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.
>
>
>
> cheers and thanks.

--
Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Squeak-Dev-f45488.html

_,,,^..^,,,_

best, Eliot

Tobias Pape

Re: for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

> On 12. Dec 2020, at 20:30, Eliot Miranda <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:34 AM marcel.taeumel <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> This should work:
>
> | capsLockFilter |
> capsLockFilter := PluggableEventFilter on: [:keyboardEvent |
> (keyboardEvent isKeystroke
> and: [keyboardEvent keyCharacter isUppercase
> and: [keyboardEvent shiftPressed not]])
> ifTrue: [self inform: 'CAPS LOCK ON'].
> keyboardEvent].
> self currentHand addKeyboardCaptureFilter: capsLockFilter.
>
> Be sure to find a safe place for that capsLockFilter so that it won't be
> garbage collected. :-) Maybe that "inform:" is too noisy for you. I don't
> know.
>
> Would it not be possible to add something next to the time & full screen button in the menu bar top right?
> Or maybe embolden the Squeak icon in the top left when shift is down?
>
> Some keyboards have a nice light when shift lock is on (Mac). I find it very annoying to use keyboards that don't indicate shift lock. But I don't suffer badly enough to have Timothy's issue.
>

FWIW, I always map my caps lock to control. much better imho :D
(easy to do on a mac, too)
-t

>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
> Squeak - Dev mailing list wrote
> > Hi folks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ignore as appropriate.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does
> > not work in morphic when that happens.
> >
> >
> >
> > A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.
> >
> >
> >
> > cheers and thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Squeak-Dev-f45488.html

Squeak - Dev mailing list

Re: for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

In reply to this post by Eliot Miranda-2

I second Eliot's proposal.

I rarely look at the keyboard and never notice the caps light until I have muttered a few obsceneties trying to ctrl-foo or alt-foo to no avail.

---- On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:30:35 -0500 [hidden email] wrote ----

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:34 AM marcel.taeumel <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hi there.

This should work:

| capsLockFilter |
capsLockFilter := PluggableEventFilter on: [:keyboardEvent |
(keyboardEvent isKeystroke
and: [keyboardEvent keyCharacter isUppercase
and: [keyboardEvent shiftPressed not]])
ifTrue: [self inform: 'CAPS LOCK ON'].
keyboardEvent].
self currentHand addKeyboardCaptureFilter: capsLockFilter.

Be sure to find a safe place for that capsLockFilter so that it won't be
garbage collected. :-) Maybe that "inform:" is too noisy for you. I don't
know.

Would it not be possible to add something next to the time & full screen button in the menu bar top right?
Or maybe embolden the Squeak icon in the top left when shift is down?

Some keyboards have a nice light when shift lock is on (Mac). I find it very annoying to use keyboards that don't indicate shift lock. But I don't suffer badly enough to have Timothy's issue.

Best,
Marcel

Squeak - Dev mailing list wrote
> Hi folks.
>
>
>
> Ignore as appropriate.
>
>
>
> Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does
> not work in morphic when that happens.
>
>
>
> A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.
>
>
>
> cheers and thanks.

--
Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Squeak-Dev-f45488.html

--
_,,,^..^,,,_
best, Eliot

marcel.taeumel

Re: for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

Hi all!

> Would it not be possible to add something next to the time & full screen button in the menu bar top right?

> Or maybe embolden the Squeak icon in the top left when shift is down?

At the moment, we have no access to the state of caps lock from within the image. My solution thus exploits input-event processing and #shiftPressed. Well, you could map the effect to anything on the screen. However, even if we get a keyDown on caps lock, we don't know its state. Only after the next regular keyStroke event. So, any constant indication of the caps-lock state in the image could be misleading.

Best,

Marcel

Am 13.12.2020 14:40:31 schrieb gettimothy via Squeak-dev <[hidden email]>:
I second Eliot's proposal.

I rarely look at the keyboard and never notice the caps light until I have muttered a few obsceneties trying to ctrl-foo or alt-foo to no avail.

---- On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:30:35 -0500 [hidden email] wrote ----

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:34 AM marcel.taeumel <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hi there.

This should work:

| capsLockFilter |
capsLockFilter := PluggableEventFilter on: [:keyboardEvent |
(keyboardEvent isKeystroke
and: [keyboardEvent keyCharacter isUppercase
and: [keyboardEvent shiftPressed not]])
ifTrue: [self inform: 'CAPS LOCK ON'].
keyboardEvent].
self currentHand addKeyboardCaptureFilter: capsLockFilter.

Be sure to find a safe place for that capsLockFilter so that it won't be
garbage collected. :-) Maybe that "inform:" is too noisy for you. I don't
know.

Would it not be possible to add something next to the time & full screen button in the menu bar top right?
Or maybe embolden the Squeak icon in the top left when shift is down?

Some keyboards have a nice light when shift lock is on (Mac). I find it very annoying to use keyboards that don't indicate shift lock. But I don't suffer badly enough to have Timothy's issue.

Best,
Marcel

Squeak - Dev mailing list wrote
> Hi folks.
>
>
>
> Ignore as appropriate.
>
>
>
> Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does
> not work in morphic when that happens.
>
>
>
> A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.
>
>
>
> cheers and thanks.

--
Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Squeak-Dev-f45488.html

--
_,,,^..^,,,_
best, Eliot

Christoph Thiede

Re: for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

In reply to this post by Squeak - Dev mailing list

Good question. If we had such a test, we should also check it when receiving shortcuts such as cmd + d. If capslock is enabled and I press cmd + d, I still mean "do it" but not "debug it" ...

Until this is implemented on the VM site, you could check this yourself using FFI. Example for Windows: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13905385/13994294

Best,

Christoph

Von: Squeak-dev <[hidden email]> im Auftrag von gettimothy via Squeak-dev <[hidden email]>
Gesendet: Samstag, 5. Dezember 2020 16:35:56
An: squeak-dev
Betreff: [squeak-dev] for the morphic team...is a "caps locks is on" indicator doable?

Hi folks.

Ignore as appropriate.

Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste does not work in morphic when that happens.

A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.

cheers and thanks.

Carpe Squeak!