Localization problems with InputEvent

JaFu0815

Hello!

The full source code can be found here I have coded a menu to the game where the user can reassign the input mappings. Now I want to localize the key names, so that "Left" is "Links" in German for example, but this seems impossible right now. When reassigning an input, I listen for an _Input, which gives me an InputEvent object.

I check if the given object is an InputEventKey. InputEventKey contains the following relevant information: Was the user pressing Shift/Alt/Ctrl The ScanCode * The Unicode, but this is 0 for some keys.

I assign the new InputEvent to the Godot input system via InputMap.ActionAddEvent.

This all works perfectly! Now comes the problem: Because InputEventKey.Unicode is 0 for some keys, I cannot use that to know what string to show to the user. Therefore, I must use ScanCode.

I am using a German keyboard layout. Compared to an American one Y and Z are swapped and the special characters are all over the place.

When pressing the "Z" key I get the ScanCode "90", which is correct, 90 stands for Z. When pressing the "+" key I get the ScanCode "61", which stands for "=". On American keyboards, the "=" key is where the German "+" key is.

There seems to be no way of knowing that the user pressed "+" instead of "=". Is there some workaround?

Kind regards, JaFu0815

ttf-dpc

Try this:

func _unhandled_key_input(event): #If A is pressed
	print(event.as_text()) # print A

Calinou

I am using a German keyboard layout. Compared to an American one Y and Z are swapped and the special characters are all over the place.

When pressing the "Z" key I get the ScanCode "90", which is correct, 90 stands for Z. When pressing the "+" key I get the ScanCode "61", which stands for "=". On American keyboards, the "=" key is where the German "+" key is.

Physical keys aren't supported in Godot 3.3, but they will be supported in Godot 4.0. In the meantime, players will have to reconfigure keys to match their keyboard layout.