Before, keyboard input used key codes to map events to Apple II keys.
This worked reasonably well, but event.keyCode was deprecated and
slated to be removed.
The refactored code now uses event.key which returns the localized,
keyboard-mapped key that the user pressed, which may be a letter or a
"symbolic" key. This is then transformed into an Apple II key.
One side effect of the refactoring is that the keys now light up as
you type and that combinations of mouse clicks on modifiers and plain
keys will take the modifiers into account.
Before, keyboard input used key codes to map events to Apple II keys. This worked reasonably well, but
event.keyCodewas deprecated and slated to be removed.The refactored code now uses
event.keywhich returns the localized, keyboard-mapped key that the user pressed, which may be a letter or a "symbolic" key. This is then transformed into an Apple II key.One side effect of the refactoring is that the keys now light up as you type and that combinations of mouse clicks on modifiers and plain keys will take the modifiers into account.