Bug with "Left/Right key is down"?

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- citron2010
- - Joined 12 Mar, 2014
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I've noticed that if I'm detecting whether the left or right or both shift keys are held down, sometimes one or the other gets stuck with C3 thinking it's down when it's not. Not sure if it's a bug or some limitation with keyboards (e.g. 'ghosting')? One small clue is that it doesn't seem possible to get both keys stuck down at the same time. This project illustrates the issue:

drive.google.com/file/d/1LbKeI0j4WcRU7S_ETQwvj6QoQwcFCelN/view
Also noticed that the issue doesn't happen when using left/right CTRL.
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- lionz
- - Joined 5 Aug, 2013
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The real question is, why do you need to detect if both shift keys are down?
- citron2010
- - Joined 12 Mar, 2014
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The real question is, why do you need to detect if both shift keys are down?

I wanted a pair of keys, one on each side of the keyboard, for a 2 player, single button game that are both present on any keyboard regardless of layout/localisation (including Chinese Cangjie).

Have now swapped to Left CTRL & Right arrow.