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{{mirc title|$keychar identifier}}'''$keychar''' is filled during an {{mirc|on keydown}}, {{mirc|on keyup}} or {{mIRC|on char}} event inside of a {{mirc|custom windows|custom @window}}, it returns the characters that was inputted if any.
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The '''$keychar''' identifier is filled during an [[on keydown - mIRC|ON KEYDOWN]], or an [[on keyup - mIRC|ON KEYUP]] event inside of a [[custom windows - mIRC|custom @window]].
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'''/!\''' This identifier is broken by design inside the {{mirc|on keydown}} and {{mirc|on keyup}} events.
 
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These two events have been trying for years to report AND keypresses, AND resulting characters but their implementation was wrong.
 
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On newer version of mIRC, this was fixed, {{mirc|on keydown}} and {{mirc|on keyup}} only trigger for keypresses.
 
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To get the resulting character, one should use the {{mirc|on char}} event. $keychar is still filled inside {{mirc|on keydown}} and {{mirc|on keyup}} for backward compatibility purpose. To get an idea, both events will correctly fill $keychar with the character when you press 'A', because it's one keypress corresponding to one character, but the main issue was that some keyboard/language requires you to press two keys to generate a character, sometimes mores.
 
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To sum up, checking $keychar inside {{mirc|on keydown}} and {{mirc|on keyup}} is incorrect and won't work for any language/keyboard, those two events are to be used to look for keypresses only with $keyval, use $keychar inside {{mirc|on char}} only, to get characters.
 
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== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
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ON *:KEYDOWN:@myWindow:*: {
 
ON *:KEYDOWN:@myWindow:*: {
 
   clear @myWindow
 
   clear @myWindow
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   drawtext @myWindow 1 3 3 Key value: $keyval
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   drawtext @myWindow 1 3 3 Key value: $iif($keyval,$v1,NA)
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  drawtext @myWindow 1 3 25 Key character: $iif($keychar,$v1,NA)
 
   drawtext @myWindow 1 3 47 @myWindow Repeating: $keyrpt
 
   drawtext @myWindow 1 3 47 @myWindow Repeating: $keyrpt
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}
 
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on *:char:@mywindow:*:{
 
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  drawtext @myWindow 1 3 25 Key character: $keychar
 
 
}</source>
 
}</source>
  
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[[File:Keyup event.png|This screenshot shows an example of the ON KEYDOWN event custom example.]]
 
[[File:Keyup event.png|This screenshot shows an example of the ON KEYDOWN event custom example.]]
  
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Note that this makes use of a {{mirc|picture window}}, as well as the {{mirc|/drawtext|/drawtext command}}. These types of {{mirc|picture windows|windows}} and their tools can be very powerful in creating some amazing graphical layouts, as well as mIRC games.
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Note that this makes use of a [[Picture Windows - mIRC|picture window]], as well as the [[/drawtext command - mIRC|drawtext command]]. These types of [[Picture Windows - mIRC|windows]] and their tools can be very powerful in creating some amazing graphical layouts, as well as mIRC games.
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== Compatibility ==
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Added: mIRC v5.5
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08/01/99 - mIRC v5.5
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Added On: 08/01/99
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== See Also ==
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* [[custom windows - mIRC|Custom Windows]]
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* [[/drawtext command - mIRC|/drawtext]]
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* [[on keyup - mIRC|ON KEYUP]]
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* [[$keychar identifier - mIRC|$keychar]]
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* [[$keyrpt identifier - mIRC|$keyrpt]]
  
 
== Compatibility ==
 
== Compatibility ==
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{{mirc compatibility|5.5}}
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Added: mIRC v5.8
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08/01/99 - mIRC v5.5
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Added On: 05/09/2000
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
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* {{mirc|on char}}
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* [[custom windows - mIRC|Custom Windows]]
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* {{mirc|$keyrpt}}
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* [[/drawtext command - mIRC|/drawtext]]
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* {{mirc|$keyval}}
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* [[on keyup - mIRC|ON KEYUP]]
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* [[List of identifiers - mIRC]]
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* [[$keyval identifier - mIRC|$keyval]]
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{{mIRC identifier list}}
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* [[$keyrpt identifier - mIRC|$keyrpt]]
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[[Category:mIRC identifiers|keychar]]
 

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