Keyboard states sometime is messed up

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Keyboard states sometime is messed up

Postby zeflash » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:49 am

Hi

I'm using Eventghost (build 1484) on my work PC so that (between other things) I can trap the escape key and resend it back as emulate to the window in focus.
That is because photoshop cs3 and cs4 somehow traps all escape key events on its own so when it's open the escape key doesn't work anymore. Known bug, really annoying bug, not fixed yet, been there for years :(

Anyway, most the time it works fine, but on some occasions eventghost starts confusing the keys being pressed.
Most of the time that happens after I did a ctrl+esc or something else involving pressing multiple keys at the same time.
What I see then in the log window is for example Keyboard.Alt+space instead of only space, etc.
That's usually fixed by pressing alt again.
But some other times I can see weird OEM121 or some other numbers being logged when I press any key, and the only way I have to fix that is to restart EG.
I was wondering if an easy fix wouldn't be to reset the keyboard plugin state after some predefined time - say 30 seconds, or less. I usually don't keep pressing a key longer than that, except maybe alt or shift when I alt-tab.
But it seems that when EG works OK it's aware a key is being kept pressed, so a workable solution might be found.
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Re: Keyboard states sometime is messed up

Postby fidoboy » Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:56 am

I'm having the same issue. I've reported it here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1129

i hope that it can be solved soon. I've just downloaded the latest version 1486 and it's still having the same bug... :(

regards,
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Re: Keyboard states sometime is messed up

Postby Bitmonster » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:09 pm

=> 0.3.6.1487
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Re: Keyboard states sometime is messed up

Postby zeflash » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:47 pm

I haven't see the previous error anymore (the ghost keypress) but now there is another problem;
It seems that if I leave the computer on its own for some time, the keyboard plugin just won't see any key events anymore.
I still haven't figured out the specific way of reproducing this. If I find out how I'll keep you posted.
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Re: Keyboard states sometime is messed up

Postby TomXP411 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:26 am

as of the latest beta (0.3.7.r851), EG isn't even trapping special keys for me.

Regular keys get trapped, but things like the volume keys, browser home key, and "green" button aren't getting trapped. I've tried this with my Gyration remote, wireless keyboard, and my wired Microsoft keyboard.

This is a huge problem because I'm trapping the volume up, down, and mute keys to run my receiver volume. Without it, I can't control the volume when I'm playing DVD's (since the PC volume doesnt work when using AC3 or DTS digital pass through)
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