How detect a key pressed during a drop for a droplet?

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

I have a drag and drop applescript application and during the “drop” I want detect if a modifier key or even a normal key is pressed.

The best would be to detect during the “on drop” but if the solution need let the full open that’s ok.

If the solution need a “call method” command that isn’t too complex to make work, that’s fine too.

#2

You can try Jon’s Commands’ keys pressed command, which will return a list of pressed keys (as the same name implies :lol: )
http://www.seanet.com/~jonpugh/

#3

Thank you very much I go try what it is.

#4

So the Jon additions keys pressed works fine but that’s a bit embarassing to ask the user install it. So I did some objective c functions (what a pain!!) and used call method that works fine.

Now I have different questions :
About Applescript additions :

  • Can I just embedded them in my app and use them? I tried and seach without success.
  • The only place I found to make them working was to put them in /Library/ScriptingAdditions. Is tht normal? Can’t I put them in a user path like ~/Library/ScriptingAdditions?

About using call method:

  • I got something boring. I wanted a function returning a boolean. And tried many options including the (BOOL) in the example of the doc but always get a sort of int sometimes just 0 or 1 sometimes an int but never true/false in Applescript. Ok I can do with that but it’s not cool.
    Any idea?
  • As I couldn’t do something as sophisticate than the Jon’s keys pressed, I wanted make something based on mask. But those are values in .h. How manage that in Applescript?
#5

Yes, you can put Scripting Additions in each users home Library. If the ScriptingAdditions folder is not there, you’ll to make a new folder and name it “ScriptingAdditions”. Placing Sctipting Additions in the root Library (/Library/ScriptingAdditions/) makes them available for all users, placing them in the (~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/) makes them available for individual users.

#6

Dam really? Omg I was sure to have tried this path ^_^. I go try thanks.

Arg there was a blank at the end of the name. :slight_smile: