.SH "STRUCTURE DEFINITION"

.PP

.nf

\f(CWtypedef struct{

Uint8 scancode;

SDLKey sym;

SDLMod mod;

Uint16 unicode;

} SDL_keysym;\fR

.fi

.PP

.SH "STRUCTURE DATA"

.TP 20

\fBscancode\fR

Hardware specific scancode

.TP 20

\fBsym\fR

SDL virtual keysym

.TP 20

\fBmod\fR

Current key modifiers

.TP 20

\fBunicode\fR

Translated character

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP

The \fBSDL_keysym\fR structure is used by reporting key presses and releases since it is a part of the \fI\fBSDL_KeyboardEvent\fR\fR\&.

.PP

The \fBscancode\fR field should generally be left alone, it is the hardware dependent scancode returned by the keyboard\&. The \fBsym\fR field is extremely useful\&. It is the SDL-defined value of the key (see \fISDL Key Syms\fR\&. This field is very useful when you are checking for certain key presses, like so:

.PP

.nf

\f(CW\&.

\&.

while(SDL_PollEvent(&event)){

switch(event\&.type){

case SDL_KEYDOWN:

if(event\&.key\&.keysym\&.sym==SDLK_LEFT)

move_left();

break;

\&.

\&.

\&.

}

}

\&.

\&.\fR

.fi

.PP

\fBmod\fR stores the current state of the keyboard modifiers as explained in \fI\fBSDL_GetModState\fP\fR\&. The \fBunicode\fR is only used when UNICODE translation is enabled with \fI\fBSDL_EnableUNICODE\fP\fR\&. If \fBunicode\fR is non-zero then this a the UNICODE character corresponding to the keypress\&. If the high 9 bits of the character are 0, then this maps to the equivalent ASCII character:

.PP

.nf

\f(CWchar ch;

if ( (keysym\&.unicode & 0xFF80) == 0 ) {

ch = keysym\&.unicode & 0x7F;

}

else {

printf("An International Character\&.

");

}\fR

.fi

.PP

UNICODE translation does have a slight overhead so don\&'t enable it unless its needed\&.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP

\fI\fBSDLKey\fR\fR