How to use KeyDown() in a button?

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KeyDown() doesn't seem to work properly in a button. Here's a little demo:

@output:{=KeyDown("alt") ? "alt" : "not alt"=}
@output:{=KeyDown("ctrl") ? "ctrl" : "not ctrl"=}
@output:{=KeyDown("shift") ? "shift" : "not shift"=}
@output:{=KeyDown("none") ? "none" : "not none"=}

@output:---

@keydown:alt
@output:alt

@keydown:ctrl
@output:ctrl

@keydown:shift
@output:shift

@keydown:none
@output:none

@keydown:any
@output:any

@keydown:common
@output:common

@output:===
XML 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<button backcol="none" display="both" label_pos="right" textcol="none">
	<label>KeyDown</label>
	<icon1>#newcommand</icon1>
	<function type="normal">
		<instruction>@output:{=KeyDown(&quot;alt&quot;) ? &quot;alt&quot; : &quot;not alt&quot;=}</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:{=KeyDown(&quot;ctrl&quot;) ? &quot;ctrl&quot; : &quot;not ctrl&quot;=}</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:{=KeyDown(&quot;shift&quot;) ? &quot;shift&quot; : &quot;not shift&quot;=}</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:{=KeyDown(&quot;none&quot;) ? &quot;none&quot; : &quot;not none&quot;=}</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@output:---</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@keydown:alt</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:alt</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@keydown:ctrl</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:ctrl</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@keydown:shift</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:shift</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@keydown:none</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:none</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@keydown:any</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:any</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@keydown:common</instruction>
		<instruction>@output:common</instruction>
		<instruction />
		<instruction>@output:===</instruction>
	</function>
</button>

@keydown gets it right, but KeyDown() always return none.

KeyDown

2

Thanks, fixed in the next version!

3

sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but you are quite the resource for smarts and wanted to ask you about this key function.

I have a button on my context menu to move something to my downloads folder by default, but if i hold ctrl it copies it. Is there a way for the button to change labels so that when I hold down ctrl it changes the label to "Copy to Downloads" instead of the default "Move to Downloads"?

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Yes.

@label:KeyDown("ctrl") ? "Copy" : "Move"

@keydown:ctrl
5

Thank you dude. You're the Yoda around these parts in coding. Love it :winking_face_with_tongue: