Hi George, Thank you very much for clearing that up. I'm now using "isAutoRepeat" in the mix which solves my issue.
Cheers, Mark On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 6:11 PM, George Tasopoulos <tasopoulos.yorg...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is intended, and it's because when typing you'd expect keeping a letter > key pressed to keep producing that letter (I'm not sure about Function keys > though). Modifier keys don't have that functionality because you normally > press them combined with another key and so you need them to "stay" pressed. > > Look at this function: > http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qkeyevent.html#isAutoRepeat > For non-modifier keys and not key combinations, it should return true when > an event comes from that behaviour and so you can use it to screen for it > and ignore extra events. > > -- > Yours sincerely, > George Tasopoulos > > > On 1 January 2014 16:15, Mark Gaiser <mark...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I guess this will end up being a bug report, but i don't really if the >> results i see is a bug or intended behavior. Thus asking on the list >> to make sure before i make a bug report. >> >> I'm playing with a custom event filter and am observing some weird >> behavior with key presses. >> >> If i press and hold a normal key (a-z, F1 - F12, .. non modifier keys) >> then Qt's event filter acts like i'm rapidly pressing and releasing >> it. For example lets take the "A" key in a normal press/release >> situation. >> >> Press A: >> Event 6 (KeyPress) emits >> -- some other events >> Event 7 (KeyRelease) emits >> >> That's fine, as one would expect. >> >> Now if i keep it pressed i see: >> Event 6 (KeyPress) emits >> -- some other events >> Event 7 (KeyRelease) emits >> Event 6 (KeyPress) emits >> -- some other events >> Event 7 (KeyRelease) emits >> Event 6 (KeyPress) emits >> -- some other events >> Event 7 (KeyRelease) emits >> ... and so on. >> >> If i do the same with the CTRL key (press and hold it) then i don't >> get that and just get: >> Event 6 (KeyPress) emits >> -- some other events >> Event 7 (KeyRelease) emits >> >> What i see with the CTRL key is what i would expect, but why is the >> behavior different for other keys? Is this a bug or is this intended >> behavior and should i mimic "press and hold" by adding in a timer? >> >> Cheers, >> Mark >> _______________________________________________ >> Interest mailing list >> Interest@qt-project.org >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > > _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
