microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
Include 'clap' as an option in the dropdown for 'loud' and 'quiet' sounds
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 804
- Forks
- 721
- Avg merge
- 2d 9h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 2
Description
Since https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-core/commit/99b9399857fd5e6110c2f0b9f2b3d134cd59e92d there's been a clean 'clap' event that tries to be a bit more specific than 'loud'. As I understand it, it's possible for a loud and a clap to fire for the same sound, but while a clap will always give you a corresponding 'loud' event, not every 'loud' event is a clap.
It has advantages like
- working better for short/sharp sounds
- not triggering on things like the user pressing the touch logo
- detecting two claps separately, rather than as one 'loud' sound
Could 'clap' be added as a third option in the dropdown for 'on loud'
Or should this be an extension?
@JohnVidler should be able to help on implementation questions.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the editor definition for the “on loud” dropdown and trace how its existing sound options map to micro:bit events. Check the referenced CODAL commit and the current loud-event behavior, then add “clap” as an option if the integration supports it. Done means the dropdown exposes clap and the resulting blocks or JavaScript use the clap event distinctly from loud.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100