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Asked: 2026-05-17T06:12:20+00:00

I am working on a map editor for my game and I use the

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I am working on a map editor for my game and I use the arrow keys to scroll around the map area. Currently I’m using the KeyDown event, which works fine for scrolling up, down, left or right – but my question would be how to allow diagonal scrolling. Currently, if I hold the right-arrow and then (whilst keeping the right-arrow held) I then press and hold the down-arrow, the down direction replaces the scrolling to the right instead of scrolling diagonally to the bottom right.

Is there a way, for instance, that I could check whether another arrow key is being pressed whilst in the KeyDown event? How can I respond to more than one key being held?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Not easily, the key-down of the 2nd keystroke stops the 1st one from repeating. What you have to do is record that the key is down in the KeyDown event. Cancel that state in the KeyUp event. Next, use a Timer (~250 msec) and in its Tick event check the state of the keys.

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