microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
Feature request: Simulator - Enable a way to hold down a button
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Description
Arising from support ticket https://support.microbit.org/helpdesk/tickets/91351 (private)
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
For example, unable to use the simulator to test a program that requires a logo + A combination
See earlier example and discussion in https://github.com/microsoft/pxt/issues/2408
Describe the solution you'd like
Keyboard shortcut?
Context menu?
Optional panel above simulator?
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 reviewing the simulator entry point and the earlier discussion in issue #2408, since no implementation file or test is named here. Define how a user should hold a button or button combination, then verify that the simulator supports the chosen interaction for programs requiring logo + A input.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- embedded-iot, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100