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KeyboardKey now presses and releases keys instead of clicking them #4

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13 changes: 11 additions & 2 deletions WayOSK/KeyboardUtils/KeyboardKey.qml
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Expand Up @@ -17,10 +17,19 @@ Button {
radius: 5
}

onClicked: {
onPressed: {
if (keyboard.keyboardSocket) {
keyboard.keyboardSocket.connected = true
keyboard.keyboardSocket.write(key)
keyboard.keyboardSocket.write("press " + key)
keyboard.keyboardSocket.flush()
} else {
console.error("Socket is not connected")
}
}
onReleased: {
if (keyboard.keyboardSocket) {
keyboard.keyboardSocket.connected = true
keyboard.keyboardSocket.write("release " + key)
keyboard.keyboardSocket.flush()
} else {
console.error("Socket is not connected")
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17 changes: 12 additions & 5 deletions WayOSK/keyboard_server.py
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Expand Up @@ -25,14 +25,21 @@ def listen_for_keys(self):
while True:
conn, _ = self.server.accept()
with conn:
data = conn.recv(1024).decode("utf-8")
data = conn.recv(1024).decode("utf-8").split()
if not data:
continue

try:
wk.click(data)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error sending key: {e}")
if len(data) == 2:
if data[0] == "press":
try:
wk.press(data[1])
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error pressing key: {e}")
elif data[0] == "release":
try:
wk.release(data[1])
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error releasing key: {e}")

def cleanup(self):
if self.server:
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