Disable mouse for the silder response and uses keyboard only

Online experiments
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Would anyone help me with the silder response problem I have encountered recently with online experiment. I have searched in google for a while, but failed to find the answer. I appologize that if someone already solved this problem somewhere. If someone could point to a solution for me, that is much appreciated.

Description of the problem:
I used Wakecarter’s interactive silder demo and created a silder that allow the keyboard control (right/left keys).

However I found out, the mouse can also control the silder both online and in builder. I would like to disable mouse for the silder response. Is there a way to do that?

Thank you in advance!

2

Hello Catherine,

I am not sure whether this is sufficient but you could hide the mouse. See here for various ways to achieve that.

Best wishes Jens

3

If you are using the iSlider then try removing the following lines of code from Each Frame

# End routine with mouse
elif newRating > -999 and mouse.isPressedIn(marker):
    continueRoutine=False

# Move slider with mouse
elif slider_background.contains(mouse) and mouse.getPos()[slider_orientation] != mouseRec[slider_orientation]:
    mouseRec=mouse.getPos()
    newRating = round((mouseRec[0]/slider_width*(slider_ticks[-1]-slider_ticks[0])+(slider_ticks[0]+slider_ticks[-1])/2),slider_decimals)
    sliding = 0

For the other slider remove the following from slider_code Each Frame

elif slider.markerPos and mouse.isPressedIn(slider_shape):
    continueRoutine=False   


# Move slider on hover
elif slider_shape.contains(mouse) and mouse.getPos()[slider_orientation] != mouseRec[slider_orientation]:
    mouseRec=mouse.getPos()
    slider.markerPos=mouseRec[slider_orientation]/slider_width*(slider_ticks[-1]-slider_ticks[0])+(slider_ticks[0]+slider_ticks[-1])/2
    sliding = 0
4

Hello JensBoelte,

Thank you very much for pointing out this. It worked with my paradigm!

5

Thank you Wakecarter for the responses. They are very helpful.