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Bind Double Press Escape to geDeselectAllFig not effect

SimbaG

Hi, I am trying to bind if I double press escape in Virtuoso Layout Editor XL, deselect everything (Default is Ctrl+D)

So I wrote the following code and execute in CIW

hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>Escape(2)" "geDeselectAllFig()")

No effect, is it due to Esc is a special Key hardcoded?

From  bindkey for check->find marker , I have turned on the Log Filter. I found if no command is being executed, even the default key binding to Escape ( cacelEnterFun() ) will not be executed while Esc is pressed.

My double click setting is 200ms (default), and I can trigger Mouse double click.

Thanks.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    The occurrences (2) part is only valid for mouse clicks, not key presses. This is stated in the documentation in the section "Format for Key and Mouse Bindings".

    Andrew

  • SimbaG
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I missed that. So is it possible to bind double press key?

    Maybe write custom SKILL function. Is there a function that get system time so that I can track 'double press' from single press callbacks.

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  • SimbaG
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I missed that. So is it possible to bind double press key?

    Maybe write custom SKILL function. Is there a function that get system time so that I can track 'double press' from single press callbacks.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to SimbaG
    SimbaG said:
    So is it possible to bind double press key?

    No.

    SimbaG said:
    Is there a function that get system time so that I can track 'double press' from single press callbacks.

    There's no built-in function to do this with sufficient resolution - getCurrentTime() returns the time to 1 second resolution. Using an external executable to capture this would probably be expensive to launch and capture the result, although maybe OK if you are only doing it on the key press. Given that nothing else uses this double press bindkey, I'd question the use model - it would probably not be expected by users.

    Especially not with the use of the escape key - users tend to hammer away at the escape key to get out of any nested enter functions they might be in, so suddenly finding that it deselects everything would be a bit strange.

    Andrew

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