Hi-
I am in the processing of making my code run faster and smoother as I have several sections of identical code in my program because I can not pass the values of variables up the chain. So, I am trying to create some threads that only run when a key is pressed or when a mouse is clicked...Would it be more efficient to create a thread or something else? Also how would I go about adding the conditional part? In the example below I believe I would alter the run() command but so far I have been unsuccessful in my attempts.

1. class TxtChange extends Thread {
                 boolean active;//running status
                 PApplet p;// to run serial ports as well
              
                 TxtChange() {//initial setting
                   active = false;
                 }
              
                 void start() {//start command
                   active = true;
                   super.start();
                 }
              
                 void run () {//to keep running this makes a loop how to get conditional
                     while(true){
                       if(active){
                        
                           execute();
                        
                       }else
                       break;
                     }
                  
                 }
              
                 TxtChange(PApplet p) {
                   this.p = p;      // store the reference to PApplet           
                   active = false;
                 }
              
                 void execute() {// what it does
                    if(keyPressed){
                      if (mouseX>=406 && mouseX<=586 && mouseY>=45 && mouseY<=70){
                        if(key==BACKSPACE){
                          Additional = Additional.substring(0, Additional.length()-1);
                        }
                        else if(key==DELETE){
                          Additional = "";
                        }
                        else if(keyCode != SHIFT && keyCode != CONTROL && keyCode != ALT){
                          Additional = Additional + key;
                        }
                      }
                      else if (mouseX>=113 && mouseX<=293 && mouseY>=45 && mouseY<=70){
                        if(key==BACKSPACE){
                          Commandt = Commandt.substring(0, Commandt.length()-1);
                        }
                        else if(key==DELETE){
                          Commandt = "";
                        }
                        else if(keyCode != SHIFT && keyCode != CONTROL && keyCode != ALT){
                          Commandt = Commandt + key;
                        }
                      }
                    }             
                  delay(80);//need to pause to not take all the processor memory
                 }
              
                 boolean isActive() {// no clue
                   return active;
                 }
              
                 void quit() {//how to end it
                   active = false;
                   interrupt();
                 }
               }