backspace

flamingdragon · May 04, 2005, 01:43:08 AM

every time i press backspace to erase text it exits me back to lobby.

matlu · May 04, 2005, 02:04:29 AM

You mean the whole game is restarted? It has to be some feature of your web-browser. When the applet (game window) has keyboard focus, backspace should delete character. For me it works this way (with Internet Explorer).

If the game does NOT have keyboard focus and you press backspace - well, whatever may happen, and I have no chance to influent it.

Or possible your browser incercepts backspace, even when the game has focus? this would be strange, and again, I cannot prevent it.

flamingdragon · May 04, 2005, 03:28:07 AM

yes i mean the whole game is restarted. If its problem with my pc you cant do anything.

Its not that big of a problem anyways.

zzboots · May 04, 2005, 05:30:41 AM

I have this same promblem. Flamming, make sure that you are clicked inside the game. If you move away from the game and come back and hit the backspace, it will take you to the previous webpage you were viewing. Just make sure you click inside the game window before hitting the backspace.

flamingdragon · May 04, 2005, 05:58:49 AM

thanks

T3h luggage · May 05, 2005, 04:28:45 AM

Yeah, I have to click inside the text box several times to make sure I'm actually typing. Otherwise, it "searches for links."

matlu · May 05, 2005, 10:08:19 AM

Quote from: T3h luggage on May 05, 2005, 04:28:45 AM
Yeah, I have to click inside the text box several times to make sure I'm actually typing.Â Otherwise, it "searches for links."

Once should be enough

I saw one (java) game, which displayed notification when the game window lost focus. I'm not sure how they did it, but perhaps I could do it as well (in due time)

flamingdragon · May 05, 2005, 04:39:50 PM

i think that would be big waste of time

matlu · May 05, 2005, 05:35:13 PM

Quote from: flamingdragon on May 05, 2005, 04:39:50 PM
i think that would be big waste of time

Sure, but it would be probably better than permanently listen to complaints from people who accidently press backspace in wrong time

matlu · May 07, 2005, 07:00:56 PM

There probably is a way to solve it. When you choose a game to play, it could open new browser window with the game (with smaller size, just for the game to fit in). The backspace would do nothing wrong in this window (because it is freshly open, and there is no previous page to return).
Other game sites do it this way. Hm, perhaps it would be a solution