`while_single` macro or `ignore_release` parameter

[supertriodo]

Is it possible to map a key single press(not hold) to continuously press right click, until I press another key?

[jonasBoss]

Not yet. But there is a feature request for that already: https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper/issues/378

[sezanzeb]

I'll close this since it's a duplicate

[jonasBoss]

I just learned that there is also a macro solution for that:

if_eq(
    $a,
    1,
    event(EV_KEY, BTN_RIGHT, 0).set(a, 0),
    event(EV_KEY, BTN_RIGHT, 1).set(a, 1)
)

[sezanzeb]

as far as I can tell this issue is about pressing repeatedly until any other key is pressed

[supertriodo]

as far as I can tell this issue is about pressing repeatedly until any other key is pressed

Not really, what I want is to let the right click down.

[sezanzeb]

so you want to have the right click pressed, until any other key is pressed

• you click the left button once
• it keeps holding down
• you hit, for example, the middle mouse button
• left button is released

?

[supertriodo]

Yes

[sezanzeb]

I don't think this is possible right now.

If there was a while_eq macro maybe it would be possible to write something that continuously calls if_single to wait for another key press, which then sets a variable that stops while_eq. I wonder how well that would work, if a key is pressed between if_single calls it wouldn't work.

Or while_single of course, I guess that could be implemented. I'm not sure yet if that would work the way I think it would though. What would while_single do if the key is released

I'll rename this issue and add a feature-request label to keep track of the while_single idea

[sezanzeb]

if_single runs then when the key is released, or else when another key is pressed.

I think the potential future while_single macro would repeat a provided macro-parameter until another key is pressed or the key is released. To ignore the release, it would need an ignore_release parameter. The macro-parameter would just be something like wait(10) or something which makes it block for a while.

however, if_single could also receive a new ignore_release parameter and by doing so it would just block forever until another key is pressed. Arguably, blocking until an event arrives is better than looping and polling.

[sezanzeb]

This works already, but only if the "another key" is one of your mouse keys.

key_down(BTN_RIGHT).
# wait until key released
if_single(
        # released
        # wait for another key press
        if_single(None, None),
        # other key pressed before the release, just continue
        None
).
key_up(BTN_RIGHT)

Edit: updated with new key_down, key_up macros and None

and don't forget to set the dropdown to "Mouse"

[jonasBoss]

I think this issue (#382), #198 and #378 can all be solved with the mechanism I proposed in this https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper/issues/378#issuecomment-1105156174

@sezanzeb It should also be simple to implement, so maybe a good candidate to work on the new injection system.

[supertriodo]

My problem was solved with your solution

[sezanzeb]

I think this issue (#382), #198 and #378 can all be solved with the mechanism I proposed in this #378 (comment)

Maybe we do both. How would you propose to allow the user to enable the mapping handler?

[jonasBoss]

we can have a mapping parameter for that. Maybe call it input_mode with an default value of normal and for the new handler we can set it to toggle