Prevent default keyboard for a key and not for default

[ftguy2018]

Is there a way to prevent a key event to be forwarded to the browser ? In firefore backspace is reloading the page and the only way I could prevent this to happen is to set the attribute preventDefault to true however it will block all keys so I would like only to have the backspace key not to be forwarded because I am using it in my own inputfield, so is it a way to accomplish this ?

Thank you

[Mobler]

HI, show how do you use preventDefault.

I don't now how work 'Panda 2', but in JS i write something like that  

window.addEventListener(
    "keydown", (evt)=>
    {
       var keyCode = evt.keyCode; 
       if (keyCode != 0 && keyCode == 8) 
       {
            // your code is here
            evt.preventDefault();
       }
    }
);

I hope this helps you

[icp]

You can try this library to prevent default behavior for specific keys : https://craig.is/killing/mice .

Mousetrap.bind("backspace", function (e){
        e.preventDefault();
        });

[enpu]

You can also return true in your scene's keydown function to prevent default action on specific key:

game.createScene('Main', {
    keydown: function(key) {
        if (key === 'BACKSPACE') return true;
    }
});

 

[ftguy2018]

thank you everybody for your suggestion , I am currently using the keyboard.key function and I just realized that there is also scene methods for detecting keydown event ....I will adjust the code accordingly.

[ftguy2018]

15 hours ago, Mobler said:

HI, show how do you use preventDefault.

I don't now how work 'Panda 2', but in JS i write something like that  

window.addEventListener(
    "keydown", (evt)=>
    {
       var keyCode = evt.keyCode; 
       if (keyCode != 0 && keyCode == 8) 
       {
            // your code is here
            evt.preventDefault();
       }
    }
);

I hope this helps you

I was using the config file with a keyboard section

 keyboard: {
      
      preventDefault: true  
    },