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Key "code names"?

by Jason McIntosh · in Torque Game Builder · 03/30/2005 (10:47 pm) · 13 replies

Is there a listing of what the "names" of keys are in relation to, for example, the bind command? For instance,
GlobalActionMap.bind(keyboard, "tilde", ToggleConsole);
What are the names of the other keys (like "tilde" in this example)? I'm specifically looking for the enter key on the keypad.

Thanks!
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Torque Owner Lennart Steinke
#1
03/30/2005 (11:13 pm)
There's no such list. At least I didn't get an answer when I was asking for one :)

But you can take a look at the source of engine/sim/actionMap.cc pretty near the end you'll find this:

CodeMapping gVirtualMap[] =
{
   //-------------------------------------- KEYBOARD EVENTS
   //
   { "backspace",     SI_KEY,    KEY_BACKSPACE   },
   { "tab",           SI_KEY,    KEY_TAB         },

   { "return",        SI_KEY,    KEY_RETURN      },
   { "enter",         SI_KEY,    KEY_RETURN      },

   { "shift",         SI_KEY,    KEY_SHIFT       },
   { "ctrl",          SI_KEY,    KEY_CONTROL     },
   { "alt",           SI_KEY,    KEY_ALT         },
   { "pause",         SI_KEY,    KEY_PAUSE       },
   { "capslock",      SI_KEY,    KEY_CAPSLOCK    },

   { "escape",        SI_KEY,    KEY_ESCAPE      },

   { "space",         SI_KEY,    KEY_SPACE       },
   { "pagedown",      SI_KEY,    KEY_PAGE_DOWN   },
   { "pageup",        SI_KEY,    KEY_PAGE_UP     },
   { "end",           SI_KEY,    KEY_END         },
   { "home",          SI_KEY,    KEY_HOME        },
   { "left",          SI_KEY,    KEY_LEFT        },
   { "up",            SI_KEY,    KEY_UP          },
   { "right",         SI_KEY,    KEY_RIGHT       },
   { "down",          SI_KEY,    KEY_DOWN        },
   { "print",         SI_KEY,    KEY_PRINT       },
   { "insert",        SI_KEY,    KEY_INSERT      },
   { "delete",        SI_KEY,    KEY_DELETE      },
   { "help",          SI_KEY,    KEY_HELP        },

   { "win_lwindow",   SI_KEY,    KEY_WIN_LWINDOW },
   { "win_rwindow",   SI_KEY,    KEY_WIN_RWINDOW },
   { "win_apps",      SI_KEY,    KEY_WIN_APPS    },

   { "cmd",           SI_KEY,    KEY_ALT         },
   { "opt",           SI_KEY,    KEY_MAC_OPT     },
   { "lopt",          SI_KEY,    KEY_MAC_LOPT    },
   { "ropt",          SI_KEY,    KEY_MAC_ROPT    },

   { "numpad0",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD0     },
   { "numpad1",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD1     },
   { "numpad2",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD2     },
   { "numpad3",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD3     },
   { "numpad4",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD4     },
   { "numpad5",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD5     },
   { "numpad6",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD6     },
   { "numpad7",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD7     },
   { "numpad8",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD8     },
   { "numpad9",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPAD9     },
   { "numpadmult",    SI_KEY,    KEY_MULTIPLY    },
   { "numpadadd",     SI_KEY,    KEY_ADD         },
   { "numpadsep",     SI_KEY,    KEY_SEPARATOR   },
   { "numpadminus",   SI_KEY,    KEY_SUBTRACT    },
   { "numpaddecimal", SI_KEY,    KEY_DECIMAL     },
   { "numpaddivide",  SI_KEY,    KEY_DIVIDE      },
   { "numpadenter",   SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMPADENTER },

Torque Owner Lennart Steinke
#2
03/30/2005 (11:14 pm) 
{ "f1",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F1          },
   { "f2",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F2          },
   { "f3",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F3          },
   { "f4",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F4          },
   { "f5",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F5          },
   { "f6",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F6          },
   { "f7",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F7          },
   { "f8",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F8          },
   { "f9",            SI_KEY,    KEY_F9          },
   { "f10",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F10         },
   { "f11",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F11         },
   { "f12",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F12         },
   { "f13",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F13         },
   { "f14",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F14         },
   { "f15",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F15         },
   { "f16",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F16         },
   { "f17",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F17         },
   { "f18",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F18         },
   { "f19",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F19         },
   { "f20",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F20         },
   { "f21",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F21         },
   { "f22",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F22         },
   { "f23",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F23         },
   { "f24",           SI_KEY,    KEY_F24         },
   { "numlock",       SI_KEY,    KEY_NUMLOCK     },
   { "scrolllock",    SI_KEY,    KEY_SCROLLLOCK  },

Torque Owner Lennart Steinke
#3
03/30/2005 (11:14 pm) 
{ "lshift",        SI_KEY,    KEY_LSHIFT      },
   { "rshift",        SI_KEY,    KEY_RSHIFT      },
   { "lcontrol",      SI_KEY,    KEY_LCONTROL    },
   { "rcontrol",      SI_KEY,    KEY_RCONTROL    },
   { "lalt",          SI_KEY,    KEY_LALT        },
   { "ralt",          SI_KEY,    KEY_RALT        },
   { "tilde",         SI_KEY,    KEY_TILDE       },

   { "minus",         SI_KEY,    KEY_MINUS       },
   { "equals",        SI_KEY,    KEY_EQUALS      },
   { "lbracket",      SI_KEY,    KEY_LBRACKET    },
   { "rbracket",      SI_KEY,    KEY_RBRACKET    },
   { "backslash",     SI_KEY,    KEY_BACKSLASH   },
   { "semicolon",     SI_KEY,    KEY_SEMICOLON   },
   { "apostrophe",    SI_KEY,    KEY_APOSTROPHE  },
   { "comma",         SI_KEY,    KEY_COMMA       },
   { "period",        SI_KEY,    KEY_PERIOD      },
   { "slash",         SI_KEY,    KEY_SLASH       },
   { "lessthan",      SI_KEY,    KEY_OEM_102     },

   //-------------------------------------- BUTTON EVENTS
   // Joystick/Mouse buttons
   { "button0",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON0    },
   { "button1",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON1    },
   { "button2",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON2    },
   { "button3",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON3    },
   { "button4",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON4    },
   { "button5",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON5    },
   { "button6",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON6    },
   { "button7",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON7    },
   { "button8",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON8    },
   { "button9",       SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON9    },
   { "button10",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON10   },
   { "button11",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON11   },
   { "button12",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON12   },
   { "button13",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON13   },
   { "button14",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON14   },
   { "button15",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON15   },
   { "button16",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON16   },
   { "button17",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON17   },
   { "button18",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON18   },
   { "button19",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON19   },
   { "button20",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON20   },
   { "button21",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON21   },
   { "button22",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON22   },
   { "button23",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON23   },
   { "button24",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON24   },
   { "button25",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON25   },
   { "button26",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON26   },
   { "button27",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON27   },
   { "button28",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON28   },
   { "button29",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON29   },
   { "button30",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON30   },
   { "button31",      SI_BUTTON, KEY_BUTTON31   },

   //-------------------------------------- MOVE EVENTS
   // Mouse/Joystick axes:
   { "xaxis",         SI_MOVE,   SI_XAXIS       },
   { "yaxis",         SI_MOVE,   SI_YAXIS       },
   { "zaxis",         SI_MOVE,   SI_ZAXIS       },
   { "rxaxis",        SI_MOVE,   SI_RXAXIS      },
   { "ryaxis",        SI_MOVE,   SI_RYAXIS      },
   { "rzaxis",        SI_MOVE,   SI_RZAXIS      },
   { "slider",        SI_MOVE,   SI_SLIDER      },

Torque Owner Lennart Steinke
#4
03/30/2005 (11:15 pm) 
//-------------------------------------- POV EVENTS
   // Joystick POV:
   { "xpov",          SI_POV,    SI_XPOV        },
   { "ypov",          SI_POV,    SI_YPOV        },
   { "upov",          SI_POV,    SI_UPOV        },
   { "dpov",          SI_POV,    SI_DPOV        },
   { "lpov",          SI_POV,    SI_LPOV        },
   { "rpov",          SI_POV,    SI_RPOV        },
   { "xpov2",         SI_POV,    SI_XPOV2       },
   { "ypov2",         SI_POV,    SI_YPOV2       },
   { "upov2",         SI_POV,    SI_UPOV2       },
   { "dpov2",         SI_POV,    SI_DPOV2       },
   { "lpov2",         SI_POV,    SI_LPOV2       },
   { "rpov2",         SI_POV,    SI_RPOV2       },

   //-------------------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS
   //

   { "anykey",        SI_KEY,      KEY_ANYKEY },
   { "nomatch",       SI_UNKNOWN,  0xFFFFFFFF }
};

Hope that helps.

Torque Owner Jason McIntosh
#5
03/30/2005 (11:16 pm)
Ah, THANK YOU! I was digging through the code for the past 20 minutes trying to find that.

Torque Owner Fenrir Wolf
#6
03/31/2005 (12:47 am)
Yeah, pretty much what's in actionmap.cc is what you want to use.

I like how there is literally an anykey in TAP. ;)

Torque Owner Philip Mansfield
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#7
03/31/2005 (1:26 am)
I've got a minor problem with using the CTRL key as an 'action' key though. I think T2D keeps thinking it's a modifier key (as in CTRL + something else) rather than a key press in its own right.

I'm using:
PlayerMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "ctrl",  "playerFire();", "playerFireStop();");

If change the key from "ctrl" to "a" then it all works as expected.

Torque Owner Fenrir Wolf
#8
03/31/2005 (2:05 am)
Philip: That should be lcontrol or rcontrol.

ctrl is a key modifier.

Torque Owner Philip Mansfield
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#9
03/31/2005 (2:28 am)
Ahh, so close... :)

Thanks.

Torque Owner Terry Greenlaw
#10
03/31/2005 (4:26 am)
The "anykey" binding is any key that isn't already mapped. Makes perfect sense, but it drove me crazy during splash screen testing when I kept hitting the Enter key and nothing was happening :-) Multiple actionmaps was the solution, but I almost changed it to "Hit almost any key to continue" :-)

Torque Owner Charlie Malbaurn
#11
03/31/2005 (6:00 am)
Yeah I found the same thing out with another language. The anykey is useful though. Like terry said

Torque 3D Owner Matthew Langley
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#12
03/31/2005 (7:25 am)
All else fails, look at the source :)

Torque Owner Chris "Hyena" Vogel
#13
03/31/2005 (12:33 pm)
Quote:
but I almost changed it to "Hit almost any key to continue"
Haha, I'd love to see that in a game =)