KeyDown problem

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jfk EO-11110

You need to use Flushkeys when you want to use KeyHit or Inkey. If you decide to use KeyDown, you can do something like this:

; submenu
while not keydown(1)
; gfx etc
wend

while keydown(1) ; wait until the user releases the key
 delay 1
wend

;mainmenu
while not keydown(1)
; gfx etc.
wend

of course, it may be a better idea to use a function, somethin like

function waitNoaction()
 action=0
 repeat
  for i=0 to 255
   if keydown(i)=1 then 
    action=1
    exit
   endif
  next
  if mousedown(1)then action=1
  if mousedown(2)then action=1
 until action=0
end function

But like the first example this is a OnMouseUp thing. If you want the exit condition on MouseDown, you need to use a flag variable, something like:

; submenu
while not keydown(1)
 ;..
wend

key1=1

; menu2
while (keydown(1)=0) or (key1=1)
 if keydown(1)=0 then key1=0
 ;...
wend