On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:34 AM marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de>
wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> This should work:
>
> | capsLockFilter |
> capsLockFilter := PluggableEventFilter on: [:keyboardEvent |
>         (keyboardEvent isKeystroke
>                 and: [keyboardEvent keyCharacter isUppercase
>                 and: [keyboardEvent shiftPressed not]])
>                         ifTrue: [self inform: 'CAPS LOCK ON'].
>         keyboardEvent].
> self currentHand addKeyboardCaptureFilter: capsLockFilter.
>
> Be sure to find a safe place for that capsLockFilter so that it won't be
> garbage collected. :-) Maybe that "inform:" is too noisy for you. I don't
> know.
>

Would it not be possible to add something next to the time & full screen
button in the menu bar top right?
Or maybe embolden the Squeak icon in the top left when shift is down?

Some keyboards have a nice light when shift lock is on (Mac).  I find it
very annoying to use keyboards that don't indicate shift lock.  But I don't
suffer badly enough to have Timothy's issue.


> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
> Squeak - Dev mailing list wrote
> > Hi folks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ignore as appropriate.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fat-finger me hits caps-lock by accident quite a bit and copy-n-paste
> does
> > not work in morphic when that happens.
> >
> >
> >
> > A not-so-subtle indicator that "caps lock is on" would be helpful.
> >
> >
> >
> > cheers and thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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>
>

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best, Eliot
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