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[rjbrown]

On a springboard screen, I'd like to find out when the user highlights a button, prior to them actually clicking it. Is this possible? I see I don't get any isRemoteKeyPressed() events, but I could have it return from wait() a few times a second....but I see no way to check which button is selected.

Thanks...

[belltown]

I don't believe there's any way to do that on an roSpringboard screen. The only events it offers are isButtonPressed (), which only fires when the button has been pressed, not when it is selected, and isRemoteKeyPressed (), which does not fire for the up and down keys, only left/right nav keys etc. if you have previously called AllowNavLeft (), etc.

[rjbrown]

Thanks for the (disappointing! 🙂 ) answer....

[TheEndless]

If you can share details of the effect you're trying to accomplish, we may be able to provide alternative solutions...

[rjbrown]

I was wanting to change the text at bottom temporarily to offer an explanation of what would happen when a particular button is clicked. Sort of in the spirit of a "tool tip". I wasn't going to do it for all the buttons, just one that seemed to need a little extra feedback.

It wouldn't have been a perfect interface, but I wanted to show a few various options to the client.

[belltown]

If you want a screen with options the user can select with some explanation for each option, you may be able to use an roListScreen instead of an roSpringboardScreen. The advantage of an roListScreen is that you're not just limited to 5 options as you are with an roSpringboardScreen. Also, you can display an image and 2 lines of descriptive text for each option. However, you don't get to take advantage of the different ways in which the roSpringboardScreen can display the content meta-data items. I just don't see an easy way of doing a tooltip-like effect on an roSpringboardScreen.