ulViewFireKeyEvent Documentation/help

[jeff8j]

I cant seem to get a keypress working with the CAPI

I am trying to trigger a "e" keycode 69 in js keypress and release

when creating the key event with ulCreateKeyEvent
do i put 69 as the virtual_key_code or the native_key_code?
what do I put for the ULString text and unmodified_text should I create a blank ULString?

[adamjs]

Are you synthesizing the key presses yourself or translating them from an existing framework?

I would actually look at Sample 7, specifically where it takes GLFW keypress (WindowGLFW_key_callback) and GLFW char events (WindowGLFW_char_callback) and translates them into appropriate Ultralight events for guidance on using this API: https://github.com/ultralight-ux/Ultralight/blob/master/samples/Sample%207%20-%20OpenGL%20Integration/src/Window.cpp

[jeff8j]

At the moment I am trying to synthesize the input to get it working, the end result will come from sdl
This is my keydown code I trigger it with the sdl keydown then trigger the up when releases
I have tried various keycode/scancode/text combos and cant get anything to work at all
I load a js key tester page to make sure its not my js https://keyjs.dev/ and it gets nothing as well

int keycode = 69; // 101;
int scancode = 8;
ULString keytext = ulCreateString("E");

ULKeyEvent evt = ulCreateKeyEvent(kKeyEventType_RawKeyDown, 0, keycode, scancode, keytext, keytext, false, false, false);
ulViewFireKeyEvent(view, evt);
ulDestroyKeyEvent(evt);

[jeff8j]

I pulled out the relevant code from my program and made a small program that has the same problem
https://github.com/jeff8j/Ultralight-SDL-Key-Test/blob/main/main.cpp