How to connect wxEVT_KEY

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Brucey

If you want to use Max2D style keyboard capture on a GLCanvas, you can do something like this :

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Type MyCanvas Extends wxGLCanvas


	Method OnInit()
		
		EnablePolledInput(Self)

		ConnectAny(wxEVT_KEY_DOWN, OnKeyDown)
		ConnectAny(wxEVT_KEY_UP, OnKeyUp)

	End Method

	Function OnKeyDown(event:wxEvent)
		Local evt:wxKeyEvent = wxKeyEvent(event)
		EmitEvent(CreateEvent( EVENT_KEYDOWN, event.parent, MapWxKeyCodeToBlitz(evt.GetKeyCode())))
		event.Skip()
	End Function

	Function OnKeyUp(event:wxEvent)
		Local evt:wxKeyEvent = wxKeyEvent(event)
		EmitEvent(CreateEvent( EVENT_KEYUP, event.parent, MapWxKeyCodeToBlitz(evt.GetKeyCode())))
		event.Skip()
	End Function

...

End Type

And then, in your OnPaint event, you can work much like you would with Max2D, using things like KeyDown() and KeyUp() to determine current key states.

Are you using the custom appstub for OS X? That fixes numerous problems with BRL's appstub and the fact it is designed to work with Cocoa.

How to connect wxEVT_KEY_DOWN?