Error in '/' character when running in browser (not Pavlovia)

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Hello,

I am currently trying to run an experiment where I take in binary responses, where ‘z’ is yes and ‘/’ is no. This works fine when I am running it from the builder, however when I try to run it In my local browser, it cannot detect the ‘/’ key anymore.

I have a keyboard component with the allowed keys as “z” and “slash”.

Has anyone else encountered this issue?

Thanks.

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Hi. What version of PsychoPy are you using? slash is fine in my demo but that’s still running in 2021.2.3

https://run.pavlovia.org/vespr/key-check/

I’ve just updated my demo to 2023.2.3 and it still works so I suspect that slash works in intervening versions as well.

However, I only ever test PsychoJS by running on Pavlovia.

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Hi, thanks for the reply!

When I use the key-check on Pavlovia, pressing ‘/’ shows up as N/A.

My PsychoPy version is 2023.2.2. Also, I’m using a Mac, and it may have something to do with that (?).

Thanks.

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The characters recognised by Pavlovia may not be the characters on your keyboard. I would recommend using keys that are recognised by my key-check demo.

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I think I got the fix… I replaced ‘slash’ by ‘N/A’ in the allowed characters, and its working fine now.

That’s interesting. I will probably switch the keys.

Thank you so much for your help.

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N/A is my addition for keys that aren’t recognised by getKeys