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Diabeticrabbit Ex Member	KeyPressing Mar 21st, 2009, 1:05am   How would i make it so if i type W an action happens? I've looked at the keyobard tutorials but they don't seem to have the code i'm looking for.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: KeyPressing Reply #1 - Mar 21st, 2009, 9:07am   I think you need to look at keyPressed() function and siblings. If they don't fit your needs, you should explain them more.

Diabeticrabbit Ex Member	Re: KeyPressing Reply #2 - Mar 21st, 2009, 10:57am   Sorry for not specifying. I ment what do you type to create an event when a certain letter is typed.

seltar Senior Member Offline Posts: 475	Re: KeyPressing Reply #3 - Mar 21st, 2009, 12:37pm   if you click the link, and then click the related links at the bottom, you end up here; http://processing.org/reference/key.html that should give you the information you need.. combine the two and you get something like void keyPressed() { if ( key == 'w' || key == 'W') {  println("hello world"); } }
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