How can I detect that the Shift key has been pressed?

Question

I have a NSView subclass and I would like it to react when the user presses the ⇧ Shift key. However, -[NSView keyDown:] (which I curren

Answer 1

Checking for pressed:

-(void)keyDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent
{
    if ([theEvent modifierFlags] & NSShiftKeyMask)
    {
        NSLog("Shift key was pressed");
    }
}

Checking for release:

-(void)keyUp:(NSEvent *)theEvent
{
    if(!([theEvent modifierFlags] & NSShiftKeyMask))
    {
        NSLog("Shift key was released");
    }
}

It should be noted, the NSLog function will only be called if SHIFT and then some other key is pressed.

Hope this helps!