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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/2/2014 10:29 AM, JOHNSON JULIE M.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I do not want the user to be able to press
the arrow buttons on the keyboard to start a race between two
objects until the countdown is finished. I tried a delay in
the event listener but it did not work.
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<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader">Perhaps use a boolean
variable to track whether the countdown is finished. Declare a
property variable for the Scene class and set it to false... see
image here:<br>
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Then use the variable to prevent the arrowKeyPressed event
listener from taking action until the boolean variable becomes true,
as shown here:<br>
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<img alt="boolean must be true or arrow press is ignored"
src="cid:part2.06020405.03020506@andrew.cmu.edu" height="226"
width="513"><br>
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Of course, you will need to set the variable to true when your
countdown is completed. Then, the arrow keys will become active.<br>
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