keyTyped does not work in conjunction with returning false in mousePressed

[BenMaydan]

Most appropriate sub-area of p5.js?

• [ ] Color
• [ ] Core/Environment/Rendering
• [ ] Data
• [ ] Events
• [ ] Image
• [x] IO
• [ ] Math
• [ ] Typography
• [ ] Utilities
• [ ] WebGL
• [ ] Other (specify if possible)

Details about the bug:

• p5.js version:
• Web browser and version: Chrome, version "80.0.3987.132"
• Operating System: Windows 10 OS Version 1909
• Steps to reproduce this: return false in mousePressed, and suddenly you can't access anything to do with the keyboard

print(key) does not print anything. Code is below

function setup() { createCanvas(400, 400); }

function draw() { background(220); }

function mousePressed() { return false; }

function keyPressed() { print(key); }

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[pcgamer1]

I would like to work on this. Seems like an issue with an EventListener.

[limzykenneth]

@BenMaydan I'm not able to replicate this locally, can this be a web editor bug?

[micuat]

with return false it triggers e.preventDefault(). my guess is that after the click, the iframe in web editor does not capture the cursor even if you click, and thus doesn't catch key events. If you click on the editor console and hit tab a few times to select iframe, key events are fired properly

[kllsamui]

sounds right, @micuat see the same https://editor.p5js.org/kll/sketches/tLtOxsq78 here.

[Dainess]

I'd like to point out as of April 2022 I fould the same problem as OP, when I call return false on mousePressed() it breaks the code in keyPressed()

[limzykenneth]

This issue only happens in the web editor, please file this bug over here instead. Thanks.