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IDCategoryLast Update
0003648Suggestion2024-11-14 14:17
Reportersmk267 
SeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status feedbackResolutionopen
Summary0003648: Keyboard and controller navigation
DescriptionI'd like to be able to navigate the world, select items, and interact with things and people via the keyboard. Using the mouse can be tedious, and the interactable areas are sometimes either inconvenient to select or inconveniently small. I realize this is no small request, but, for accessibility and usability, I think it would be well worth the investment.
Platform/OSWindows
Version21.0.0-wip.5091

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Omnikuken

Omnikuken

2024-09-29 21:42

reporter   ~0005754

Don't think Renpy supports controllers. And you can use the arrow keys to snap around clickables on the maps, then hit enter to "click" on them (good method when you want to find hidden stuff/hard to see)
strayerror

strayerror

2024-11-14 10:48

developer   ~0005788

Use the accessibility menu in settings and change the self-voicing option to "Clipboard". This will have the side effect of allowing you to use the right/down and left/up keys to cycle forward and backward respectively though all "clickable" buttons, rather than the default mode in which it tries to guess which button you want based on the arrow direction. This is far more reliable for keyboard-only traversal.

Bigger picture this is currently a limitation of the Ren'Py engine, and so we're beholden to that for this sort of all-encompassing feature.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-09-29 20:38 smk267 New Issue
2024-09-29 21:42 Omnikuken Note Added: 0005754
2024-11-14 10:48 strayerror Status new => feedback
2024-11-14 10:48 strayerror Note Added: 0005788
2024-11-14 14:17 strayerror Version 21.0.0-wip.5003 => 21.0.0-wip.5091