Keyresponse.stop is not a function

Online experiments
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URL of experiment: Pavlovia
Git: https://gitlab.pavlovia.org/knfernandez/risky-gambles/blob/master/gambleTask.js

Description of the problem:
When I add a keyboard response that does not force the end of a routine in the builder, I receive the following error:

  • TypeError: gmKR.stop is not a function

That code refers to this block here:

  return function () {
    //------Ending Routine 'gamTrial'-------
    for (const thisComponent of gamTrialComponents) {
      if (typeof thisComponent.setAutoDraw === 'function') {
        thisComponent.setAutoDraw(false);
      }
    }
    psychoJS.experiment.addData('gmKR.keys', gmKR.keys);
    if (typeof gmKR.keys !== 'undefined') {  // we had a response
        psychoJS.experiment.addData('gmKR.rt', gmKR.rt);
        }
    
    gmKR.stop();
    return Scheduler.Event.NEXT;
  };
}

I have a keyboard response (also created with the Bulider) before this keyboard response, so it does not appear that there is a problem with keyboard components in general. But, it seems related to the key press not ending the routine/ allowing a window of time to respond.

Things I have tried:
-Updating to the newest version of PsychoPy.
-Deleting and re-adding the keyboard component
-Switching between using duration or time to end the key response window
-Editing the code in the code element that refers to the keyboard response.
For this last item, I thought perhaps I was referencing the keyboard responses to display an image incorrectly (perhaps the proper syntax had been updated) but all of those changes only resulted in other errors.

I did notice in the js code, however, that routineTimer.reset() does not follow after gmKR.stop; is it possible that this is creating the error? How would I fix this while still being able to use the Builder? Since the Builder is “creating the code” where Pavlovia is pointing to an error, I am not sure what else I can try.

2

I stand corrected- I removed the keyboard responses that were resulting in the .stop error and relied on timing for the remainder of the routines. When I do that, everything works. I still have one keyboard response that works when I do this.

In addition, I tried adding one of the keyboard responses back after removing the ones creating errors, but this time made it “end routine”. The error persists for the second (recently re-added) keyboard response, but not for the first one! I am not quite sure what that tells me, except that there is something going on specifically with keyboard responses.

3

Could you share the GitLab repo of your experiment? This page explains how. My username is: tpronk

4

I have added your username to the project. Please let me know if I need to make the project public or if I need to assign you a different role to fully access the GitLab.

5

Yeah, I need a different role. Probably developer or maintainer would do the trick

6

I updated your role to developer.

7

I can’t find gmKR, but there is a gamKR and gamInKR. What’s the new name of the component that gave this error?

8

Sorry, it should be gamKRwhich gives the error. I must have renamed it slightly when I tried deleting and re-adding it.

9

No worries :). I reproduced your issue and took a look in the code. I noticed one thing there that could cause issue: in the code component setGam, tab Begin Experiment, there is a line:
gamKR = psychoJS.eventManager.getKeys();

That replaces the variable name used for the keyboard component named gamKR by whatever is returned by psychoJS.eventManager.getKeys(); (an associative array).

Later on, upon a response, PsychoJS tries to stop the KeyboardComponent, by calling gamKR.stop(), but at that point gamKR isn’t a KeyboardComponent anymore, so this function doesn’t exist, and an error is thrown

10

Thank you, that solved it!

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