addUserActionEventHandler

2.06

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Description

Description:

Adds a user action event handler to the current mission and returns its event handler index.

Groups:

Event Handlers

Syntax

Syntax:

addUserActionEventHandler [keyName, event, expression]

Parameters:

keyName: String - action key name - see inputAction/actions

event: String - event name - see UserAction Event Handlers. Can be one of:

• "Activate"
• "Deactivate"
• "Analog"

expression: Code - expression that will be executed in missionNamespace when event handler fires.
The Event Handler index is available as _thisEventHandler during Event Handler code execution.
The magic variable _thisEvent is available in these event handlers but can only return one of these three values:

• "KeyActivateEH"
• "KeyDeactivateEH"
• "KeyAnalogEH"

Return Value:

Number - the index of the currently added UserAction event handler is returned

Examples

Example 1:

private _ehId = addUserActionEventHandler ["ReloadMagazine", "Activate", { systemChat "reloading!"; }];

Additional Information

See also:

removeUserActionEventHandler removeAllUserActionEventHandlers UserAction Event Handlers

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