Hello,

How do I test the control key, when clicking on a row in a tableview. If CTRL-key is pressed then do this Else do that.
I can't find it on Internet or manuals.

Bert Steenhagen

Hi Bert. Try the attached code. The problem as I see it is that you are trying to grab 2 events at the same time, this does seem to work though. Some help is available here.

Hello Cogier,

You have helped me well with your approach. I did it the other way around with the key-event

public CtrlPressed as boolean

Public Sub form_KeyPress()
       If Key.ControlKey Then     
              CtrlPressed = True     
       Endif     
End

Public Sub form_KeyRelease()
       CtrlPressed = False      
End

Public Sub mytable1_RowClick(Row As Integer)
If CtrlPressed = True Then
do_this
Else
do_the_other_thing
endif
End

Thank you so much,

Bert Steenhagen

I have made a mistake, it has to be

Public Sub form_KeyPress()
       If Key.Control Then     
              CtrlPressed = True     
       Endif     
End

Key.Control not Key.ControlKey

ControlKey is a constant (16777249), always TRUE !!

Bert Steenhagen

ControlKey is a constant (16777249), always TRUE !!

Be careful as this will change depending on whether you are using GTK or QT.

I quote here: -

Never compare the value of this property with a numeric constant, because the key codes may depend on the underlying toolkit.

Always use the constants defined in this class!

Mouse.class has Control / Shift / Alt properties that state keyboard modifiers…

The properties are not valid in a Click() event but they are in a MouseUp and RowClick() event

Something like this will do the job….

 Hello Bruce,

The better option.

Thanks for your tip

Bert Steenhagen