Re: Mac Keycodes - Difference between Left Shift and Right Shift etc?

FROM : Dan Yocom
DATE : Thu Apr 14 23:20:53 2005

Dustin,
        What is the HIG Manager, where can i get more information on it?

Thanks,
          Dan Yocom


On 4/13/05, Dustin Voss <<email_removed>> wrote:
> If the left vs. right shift key is an issue for you, you might want to
> skip directly to using the HIG Manager. That might also save you from
> international and remapped keyboard issues.
>
> On 13 Apr, 2005, at 8:33 AM, Peter Maurer wrote:
>
> >>    I have a question about Mac keycodes. Is there a difference(in
> >> keycode) between the shift key on the left side of the keyboard and
> >> the one on the right? I know on windows computer there is. All of my
> >> searchings have led me to belive that both shift keys produce the same
> >> keycode. What about the command keys, etc?
> >
> > I don't know about the actual keycodes, but my shift keys do seem to
> > produce different modifier values (131330 and 131332), as displayed in
> > the attached screenshot. So you might be able to do your thing by
> > polling the modifier keys' state.
> >
> > (The screenshot is from my own little key codes utility, which I can
> > send to you, if you're interested in giving it a try.)
>
>